APOC3 and metabolic syndrome: In a small case-control study, Hosseini-Esfahani and colleagues also investigated the potential interaction between SSB consumption and three genetic variants (rs670, rs5069, and rs5128) in the APOA1/APOC3 locus, previously associated with dyslipidemia (38–40), on prevalence of MetS in approximately 800 residents of Iran (41).