Distilling causality between physical activity traits and obesity via Mendelian randomization
Abstract Background Whether obesity is a cause or consequence of low physical activity levels and more sedentary time has not yet been fully elucidated. Better instrumental variables and a more thorough consideration of potential confounding variables that may influence the causal inference between...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-11-01
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| Series: | Communications Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-023-00407-5 |