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Cross-trait analyses with migraine reveal widespread pleiotropy and suggest a vascular component to migraine headache.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Jun 2020
Siewert Katherine M, Klarin Derek, Damrauer Scott M, Chang Kyong-Mi, Tsao Philip S, Assimes Themistocles L, Davey Smith George, Voight Benjamin F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nearly a fifth of the world's population suffer from migraine headache, yet risk factors for this disease are poorly characterized. METHODS: To further elucidate these factors, we conducted a genetic correlation analysis using cross-trait linkage disequilibrium (LD) score regression between migraine headache and 47 traits from the UK Biobank. We then tested for possible causality between these...
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