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Investigation of Causal Effect of Atrial Fibrillation on Alzheimer Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 21 Jan 2020
Pan Yuesong, Wang Yilong, Wang Yongjun
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Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of dementia as well as Alzheimer disease in observational studies. Whether this association reflects causal association is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine the causal association of AF with Alzheimer disease. Methods and Results We used a 2-sample Mendelian randomization approach to evaluate the...
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