The causal role of circulating vitamin D concentrations in human complex traits and diseases: a large-scale Mendelian randomization study

Abstract Vitamin D has been associated with a variety of human complex traits and diseases in observational studies, but a causal relationship remains unclear. To examine a putative causal effect of vitamin D across phenotypic domains and disease categories, we conducted Mendelian randomization (MR)...

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Main Authors: Xia Jiang, Tian Ge, Chia-Yen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80655-w