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Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Feb 2014
Zhao Jie, Jiang Chaoqiang, Lam Tai Hing, Liu Bin, Cheng Kar Keung, Xu Lin, Au Yeung Shiu Lun, Zhang Weisen, Leung Gabriel M, Schooling C Mary
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BACKGROUND: Observationally lower testosterone is associated with an unhealthier cardiovascular (CVD) risk profile, but this association is open to confounding and reverse causality. The authors examined the association of testosterone with well-established cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL)cholesterol and fasting...
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