Causal Effect of Adiposity Measures on Blood Pressure Traits in 2 Urban Swedish Cohorts: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Causal Effect of Adiposity Measures on Blood Pressure Traits in 2 Urban Swedish Cohorts: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Background Different adiposity traits may be causally related to hypertension in different ways. By using genetic variants as randomly allocated proxies for studying the effect of modifying adiposity traits, the Mendelian randomization approach can be used to investigate this. Methods and Results In...

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Main Authors: Alice Giontella, Luca A. Lotta, John D. Overton, Aris Baras, Pietro Minuz, Olle Melander, Dipender Gill, Cristiano Fava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
adiposity
blood pressure
genetics
Mendelian randomization
polymorphisms
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.020405

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