Exploring the causal pathway from body mass index to coronary heart disease: a network Mendelian randomization study

• Main Authors: Xun Hu (Author), Xiao-Dong Zhuang (Author), Wei-Yi Mei (Author), Gang Liu (Author), Zhi-Min Du (Author), Xin-Xue Liao (Author), Yi Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We applied a network Mendelian randomization (MR) framework to determine the causal association between body mass index (BMI) and coronary heart disease (CHD) and explored whether glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and lipid parameters (total cholesterol, TC; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol...