Association of high sensitive C-reactive protein with coronary heart disease: a Mendelian randomization study

• Main Authors: Qian Zhuang (Author), Chong Shen (Author), Yanchun Chen (Author), Xianghai Zhao (Author), Pengfei Wei (Author), Junxiang Sun (Author), Yanni Ji (Author), Xiaotian Chen (Author), Song Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives Whether high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) has a causal effect on coronary heart disease (CHD) is unclear. This study investigated the causal effect of hs-CRP on CHD risk using Mendelian Randomization (MR) analysis. Methods A total of 3802 subjects were recruited in the...