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A Mendelian Randomization Study of the Effect of Type-2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits on Bone Mineral Density
16 Dec 2016
Abstract excerpt
Type-2 diabetes (T2D) is associated in observational studies with both higher bone mineral density (BMD) and higher fracture risk for given BMD. These relationships may however be confounded by factors such as body mass index (BMI). Here we used Mendelian randomization (MR) to obtain non-confounded estimates of the effect of T2D and glycemic traits on BMD. We identified genetic variants strongly associated with...
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