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The causal role of circulating vitamin D concentrations in human complex traits and diseases: a large-scale Mendelian randomization study.
Scientific reports - 8 Jan 2021
Jiang Xia, Ge Tian, Chen Chia-Yen
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D has been associated with a variety of human complex traits and diseases in observational studies, but a causal relationship remains unclear. To examine a putative causal effect of vitamin D across phenotypic domains and disease categories, we conducted Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses using genetic instruments associated with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations. We leveraged...
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