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Circulating cholesteryl ester transfer protein and coronary heart disease: mendelian randomization meta-analysis.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Feb 2015
Niu Wenquan, Qi Yue
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BACKGROUND: The cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) plays a central role in reverse cholesterol transport. Currently, it remains unresolved whether circulating CETP is causally associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). We aimed to investigate this causal association using CETP gene rs708272 polymorphism as an instrument in a Mendelian randomization meta-analysis. METHODS AND RESULTS: We searched PubMed...
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