No differences were seen in female plasma and liver triglycerides, female serum total cholesterol, HDL/LDL cholesterol ratio, nor in IPGTT responses in the LH17LNa females relative to the LH control females (Supplementary Figures S1A–F), suggesting this congenic rat models certain but not all components of MetS that were previously mapped to chr17. Here, PLOD1 is linked to metabolic syndrome.