Article
Leveraging Genetic Data to Elucidate the Relationship Between COVID-19 and Ischemic Stroke.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 16 Nov 2021
Zuber Verena, Cameron Alan, Myserlis Evangelos P, Bottolo Leonardo, Fernandez-Cadenas Israel, Burgess Stephen, Anderson Christopher D, Dawson Jesse, Gill Dipender
Abstract excerpt
Background The relationship between COVID-19 and ischemic stroke is poorly understood due to potential unmeasured confounding and reverse causation. We aimed to leverage genetic data to triangulate reported associations. Methods and Results Analyses primarily focused on critical COVID-19, defined as hospitalization with COVID-19 requiring respiratory support or resulting in death. Cross-trait linkage...
Topics
- Body Mass Index
- Brain Ischemia
- C-Reactive Protein
- COVID-19
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Inflammation
- Ischemic Stroke
- Mendelian Randomization Analysis
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
