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No evidence that genetically reduced 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with increased risk of ischaemic heart disease or myocardial infarction: a Mendelian randomization study.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Apr 2015
Brøndum-Jacobsen Peter, Benn Marianne, Afzal Shoaib, Nordestgaard Børge G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Low plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [p-25(OH)D] is associated with increased risk of ischaemic heart disease and with the subgroup myocardial infarction. However, whether this association is causal or due to confounding or reverse causation is presently unknown. We tested the hypothesis that genetically reduced plasma 25(OH)D is associated with increased risk of ischaemic heart disease and myocardial...
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