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Estimating the causal influence of body mass index on risk of Parkinson disease: A Mendelian randomisation study

BACKGROUND: Both positive and negative associations between higher body mass index (BMI) and Parkinson disease (PD) have been reported in observational studies, but it has been difficult to establish causality because of the possibility of residual confounding or reverse causation. To our knowledge,...

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Autores principales: Noyce, Alastair J., Kia, Demis A., Hemani, Gibran, Nicolas, Aude, Price, T. Ryan, De Pablo-Fernandez, Eduardo, Haycock, Philip C., Lewis, Patrick A., Foltynie, Thomas, Davey Smith, George, Schrag, Anette, Lees, Andrew J., Hardy, John, Singleton, Andrew, Nalls, Mike A., Pearce, Neil, Lawlor, Debbie A., Wood, Nicholas W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28609445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002314