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The Causal Effects of Blood Iron and Copper on Lipid Metabolism Diseases: Evidence from Phenome-Wide Mendelian Randomization Study.
Nutrients - 17 Oct 2020
Zhou Jingqi, Liu Chang, Francis Michael, Sun Yitang, Ryu Moon-Suhn, Grider Arthur, Ye Kaixiong
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Blood levels of iron and copper, even within their normal ranges, have been associated with a wide range of clinical outcomes. The available epidemiological evidence for these associations is often inconsistent and suffers from confounding and reverse causation. This study aims to examine the causal clinical effects of blood iron and copper with Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses. Genetic instruments for the...
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