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Blood CSF1 and CXCL12 as Causal Mediators of Coronary Artery Disease.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 17 Jul 2018
Sjaarda Jennifer, Gerstein Hertzel, Chong Michael, Yusuf Salim, Meyre David, Anand Sonia S, Hess Sibylle, Paré Guillaume
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Identification of biomarkers that cause coronary artery disease (CAD) has led to important advances in prevention and treatment. Epidemiological analyses have identified many biomarker-CAD relationships; however, these associations may arise from reverse causation and/or confounding and therefore may not represent true causal associations. Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses overcome these...
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