Mendelian randomization analysis of the causal impact of body mass index and waist-hip ratio on rates of hospital admission

We analyze how measures of adiposity – body mass index (BMI) and waist hip ratio (WHR) – causally influence rates of hospital admission. Conventional analyses of this relationship are susceptible to omitted variable bias from variables that jointly influence both hospital admission and adipose statu...

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Main Authors: Hazewinkel, A-D, Richmond, R, Wade, K, Dixon, P
Format: Journal article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Elsevier 2021