The effect of elevated body mass index on ischemic heart disease risk: causal estimates from a Mendelian randomisation approach.
<h4>Background</h4>Adiposity, assessed as elevated body mass index (BMI), is associated with increased risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD); however, whether this is causal is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that positive observational associations between BMI and IHD are causal.<h4>Methods and fi...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Serie: | PLoS Medicine |
| Länkar: | https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001212&type=printable |
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