Instrumental variable analysis using offspring BMI in childhood as an indicator of parental BMI in relation to mortality

Childhood BMI shows associations with adult mortality, but these may be influenced by effects of ill health in childhood on BMI and later mortality. To avoid this, we used offspring childhood BMI as an instrumental variable (IV) for own BMI in relation to mortality and compared it with conventional...

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Autores principales: Blond, Kim, Carslake, David, Gjærde, Line Klingen, Vistisen, Dorte, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Smith, George Davey, Baker, Jennifer L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8599489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34789785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01352-w

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