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Height, body mass index, and socioeconomic status: mendelian randomisation study in UK Biobank

Objective To determine whether height and body mass index (BMI) have a causal role in five measures of socioeconomic status. Design Mendelian randomisation study to test for causal effects of differences in stature and BMI on five measures of socioeconomic status. Mendelian randomisation exploits th...

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Autores principales: Tyrrell, Jessica, Jones, Samuel E, Beaumont, Robin, Astley, Christina M, Lovell, Rebecca, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Tuke, Marcus, Ruth, Katherine S, Freathy, Rachel M, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Wood, Andrew R, Murray, Anna, Weedon, Michael N, Frayling, Timothy M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26956984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i582