CAV1 and metabolic syndrome: Baudrand et al. (2015) found the CAV1 gene variant rs926198 associated with MetS in separate Caucasian and Hispanic cohorts. In 2011, Pojoga et al., 2011 demonstrated the association of CAV1 rs926198 and rs3807989 variants with higher fasting insulin levels and increased homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in Caucasian and Hispanic cohorts.