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The associations of plasma phospholipid arachidonic acid with cardiovascular diseases: A Mendelian randomization study.
EBioMedicine - 1 Jan 2021
Zhang Ting, Zhao Jie V, Schooling C Mary
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BACKGROUND: Arachidonic acid (AA), a major long-chain n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid in animal foods, has been linked to inflammation, coagulation, and testosterone, which might relate to atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD). We assessed the associations of genetically predicted plasma phospholipid AA with ASCVD and other CVD overall and by sex using Mendelian randomization (MR). METHODS: We conducted...
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