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Association of genetically predicted testosterone with thromboembolism, heart failure, and myocardial infarction: mendelian randomisation study in UK Biobank
6 Mar 2019
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Abstract Objective To determine whether endogenous testosterone has a causal role in thromboembolism, heart failure, and myocardial infarction. Design Two sample mendelian randomisation study using genetic variants as instrumental variables, randomly allocated at conception, to infer causality as additional randomised evidence. Setting Reduction by Dutasteride of Prostate Cancer Events (REDUCE) randomised...
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