Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study.

Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study.

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BACKGROUND: High plasma HDL cholesterol is associated with reduced risk of myocardial infarction, but whether this association is causal is unclear. Exploiting the fact that genotypes are randomly assigned at meiosis, are independent of non-genetic confounding, and are unmodified by disease processe...

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Main Authors: Voight, B, Peloso, G, Orho-Melander, M, Frikke-Schmidt, R, Barbalic, M, Jensen, M, Hindy, G, Hólm, H, Ding, E, Johnson, T, Schunkert, H, Samani, N, Clarke, R, Hopewell, J, Thompson, J, Li, M, Thorleifsson, G, Newton-Cheh, C, Musunuru, K, Pirruccello, J, Saleheen, D, Chen, L, Stewart, A, Schillert, A, Thorsteinsdottir, U
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012

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