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Association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease risk factors: using Mendelian randomization...

Association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease risk factors: using Mendelian randomization...

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Association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease risk factors: using Mendelian randomization to assess causal inference

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Association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease risk factors: using Mendelian randomization to assess causal inference

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2012-03, Vol.12 (1), p.16-16, Article 16

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English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Contents

Elevated serum bilirubin has been associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, serum bilirubin is also related with several potential confounders related to CVD, such as obesity. Mendelian randomization has been proposed as a method to address challenges to validity from confounding and reverse causality. It utilizes genot...

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Association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease risk factors: using Mendelian randomization to assess causal inference

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_dbb417ef89eb4106b30623f5322d775b

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_dbb417ef89eb4106b30623f5322d775b

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1471-2261

E-ISSN

1471-2261

DOI

10.1186/1471-2261-12-16

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