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Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Genetic Score and Risk of Decreased Renal Function and Albuminuria: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
EBioMedicine - 1 Apr 2016
Xu Min, Bi Yufang, Huang Ya, Xie Lan, Hao Mingli, Zhao Zhiyun, Xu Yu, Lu Jieli, Chen Yuhong, Sun Yimin, Qi Lu, Wang Weiqing, Ning Guang
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BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a risk factor for dysregulation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and albuminuria. However, whether the association is causal remains unestablished. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We performed a Mendelian Randomization (MR) analysis in 11,502 participants aged 40 and above, from a well-defined community in Shanghai during 2011-2013, to explore the causal association between...
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