These genes included well characterized genes such as PCSK9, a risk gene for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and CAD [39], whose visceral adipose (VAF)-specific association to CAD risk SNPs in STARNET was previously confirmed in independent data [26], and GUCY1A3, whose expression correlates with risk of atherosclerosis [40]. Here, GUCY1A1 is linked to atherosclerosis.