Age at puberty and risk of asthma: A Mendelian randomisation study
Age at puberty and risk of asthma: A Mendelian randomisation study
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
United States: Public Library of Science
Journal title
Language
English
Formats
Publication information
Publisher
United States: Public Library of Science
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Observational studies on pubertal timing and asthma, mainly performed in females, have provided conflicting results about a possible association of early puberty with higher risk of adult asthma, possibly due to residual confounding. To overcome issues of confounding, we used Mendelian randomisation (MR), i.e., genetic variants were used as instrum...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Age at puberty and risk of asthma: A Mendelian randomisation study
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
TN_cdi_plos_journals_2252244964
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2252244964
Other Identifiers
ISSN
1549-1676,1549-1277
E-ISSN
1549-1676
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1002634
