ANKK1 and metabolic syndrome: In the case of our MetS study, the five identified genes or loci (ANKK1, ZNF804B, CSRNP3, 17p11.2, 11q23.3) have not been previously identified as susceptibility loci for MetS, although ZNF804B and chromosomal region 11q23.3 were found to be related to BMI in women [31] or serum concentrations of triglycerides and HDL-cholesterol [32, 33], respectively (Supplementary Table 5).