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Mendelian randomization study of obesity and type 2 diabetes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Apr 2022
Qu Hui-Qi, Qu Jingchun, Glessner Joseph, Hakonarson Hakon
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BACKGROUND: Both obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are reported to be highly enriched in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Due to the close correlation between obesity and T2D, it is important to examine whether obesity and T2D are independently related to COVID-19 hospitalization. OBJECTIVE: To examine the causal effect of obesity and T2D in hospitalized COVID-19 patients using Mendelian randomization (MR)....
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