Higher BMI is linked to an increased risk of heart attacks in European adults: a Mendelian randomisation study

BACKGROUND: BMI has been implicated as a risk factor for heart disease as a whole in multiple studies. Heart attack is one of the common complications of this disease. The aim of this study is to explore if elevated level of BMI causes an increase in the risk of heart attacks. METHODS: We used two M...

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Autores principales: Adams, Benjamin, Jacocks, Lauren, Guo, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32471361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01542-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32471361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01542-w

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