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Body mass index and body composition in relation to 14 cardiovascular conditions in UK Biobank: a Mendelian randomization study

AIMS: The causal role of adiposity for several cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is unclear. Our primary aim was to apply the Mendelian randomization design to investigate the associations of body mass index (BMI) with 13 CVDs and arterial hypertension. We also assessed the roles of fat mass and fat-fr...

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Autores principales: Larsson, Susanna C, Bäck, Magnus, Rees, Jessica M B, Mason, Amy M, Burgess, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31195408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz388