Assessing the causal relationship between obesity and venous thromboembolism through a Mendelian Ran...
Assessing the causal relationship between obesity and venous thromboembolism through a Mendelian Randomization study
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Lindström, Sara , Germain, Marine , Crous-Bou, Marta , Smith, Erin N. , Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel , van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid , de Haan, Hugoline G. , Chasman, Daniel , Ridker, Paul , Brody, Jennifer , de Andrade, Mariza , Heit, John A. , Tang, Weihong , DeVivo, Immaculata , Grodstein, Francine , Smith, Nicholas L. , Tregouet, David , Kabrhel, Christopher , INVENT Consortium and for the INVENT Consortium
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Observational studies have shown an association between obesity and venous thromboembolism (VTE) but it is not known if observed associations are causal, due to reverse causation or confounding bias. We conducted a Mendelian Randomization study of body mass index (BMI) and VTE. We identified 95 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that have been...
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Assessing the causal relationship between obesity and venous thromboembolism through a Mendelian Randomization study
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Author / Creator
Germain, Marine
Crous-Bou, Marta
Smith, Erin N.
Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel
van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid
de Haan, Hugoline G.
Chasman, Daniel
Ridker, Paul
Brody, Jennifer
de Andrade, Mariza
Heit, John A.
Tang, Weihong
DeVivo, Immaculata
Grodstein, Francine
Smith, Nicholas L.
Tregouet, David
Kabrhel, Christopher
INVENT Consortium
for the INVENT Consortium
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5531049
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5531049
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0340-6717
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1432-1203
DOI
10.1007/s00439-017-1811-x
