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Obesity and Bone Health Revisited: A Mendelian Randomization Study for Koreans
28 Feb 2019
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ABSTRACT Epidemiologic studies have replicated positive associations between obesity and bone health, but their mechanisms are still debatable. We aimed to scrutinize an association between bone health and obesity using genetic instrumental variables (IVs) with the distinction of general versus abdominal obesity. We selected independent IVs of body mass index (BMI) and BMI-adjusted waist circumference (aWC, a...
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