Sex-specific Mendelian randomization study of genetically predicted insulin and cardiovascular events in the UK Biobank

Insulin drives growth and reproduction which trade-off against longevity. Genetically predicted insulin, i.e., insulin proxied by genetic variants, is positively associated with ischemic heart disease, but sex differences are unclear, despite different disease rates and reproductive strategies by se...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Jie V., Luo, Shan, Schooling, C. Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6728387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0579-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6728387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0579-z

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