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Causal Effect of Blood Pressure on Bone Mineral Density and Fracture: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2021
He Bin, Yin Lifeng, Zhang Muzi, Lyu Qiong, Quan Zhengxue, Ou Yunsheng
Abstract excerpt
Background: Hypertension may have some association with osteoporosis. This Mendelian randomization (MR) study aimed to explore the causal effect of blood pressure (BP) on bone mineral density (BMD), fall, and fracture. Methods: We used the genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary data among 330,956 European-descent individuals to identify 107 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as the instrumental...
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