The major finding, aside from new loci, is that coding variants explain about 1/3 of the lipid loci in Europeans. East Asian variants confirm many of the same genes, but we often see different variants in East Asians.

Cristen J Willer, Ph.D.
Frank Norman Wilson Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics
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