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Thyroid function and ischemic heart disease: a Mendelian randomization study.
Scientific reports - 17 Aug 2017
Zhao Jie V, Schooling C Mary
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the role of thyroid function in ischemic heart disease (IHD) we assessed IHD risk and risk factors according to genetically predicted thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (FT4) and thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb) positivity. Separate-sample instrumental variable analysis with genetic instruments (Mendelian randomization) was used in an extensively genotyped case (n = 64,374)-control...
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