Extensive Mendelian randomization study identifies potential causal risk factors for severe COVID-19

Sun et al. perform a two-sample Mendelian randomization study of a large number of traits with the aim of identifying risk factors of severe COVID-19. They show that body mass index-related traits, specific white blood cells, and some circulating proteins are risk factors for the development of seve...

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Main Authors: Yitang Sun, Jingqi Zhou, Kaixiong Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01
Series:Communications Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-021-00061-9