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Circulating total bilirubin and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the PREVEND study: observational findings and a Mendelian randomization study.
European journal of epidemiology - 1 Feb 2020
Kunutsor Setor K, Frysz Monika, Verweij Niek, Kieneker Lyanne M, Bakker Stephan J L, Dullaart Robin P F
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between circulating total bilirubin and incident non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is uncertain. We aimed to assess the association of total bilirubin with the risk of new-onset NAFLD and investigate any causal relevance to the association using a Mendelian randomization (MR) study. Plasma total bilirubin levels were measured at baseline in the PREVEND prospective study of 3824...
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