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Effects of selenium on coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes and their risk factors: a Mendelian randomization study.
European journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Nov 2021
Rath Abigail A, Lam H Simon, Schooling C Mary
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The impact of selenium on coronary artery disease (CAD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains unclear with inconsistent results from observational studies and randomized controlled trials. We used Mendelian randomization to obtain unconfounded estimates of the effect of selenium on CAD, T2D, lipids and glycemic traits. METHODS: We applied genetic variants strongly (P < 5 × 10-8) associated with blood and...
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