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Separating the direct effects of traits on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease from those mediated by type 2 diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2022
Walker Venexia M, Vujkovic Marijana, Carter Alice R, Davies Neil M, Udler Miriam S, Levin Michael G, Davey Smith George, Voight Benjamin F, Gaunt Tom R, Damrauer Scott M
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic CVD share many risk factors. This study aimed to systematically assess a broad range of continuous traits to separate their direct effects on coronary and peripheral artery disease from those mediated by type 2 diabetes. METHODS: Our main analysis was a two-step Mendelian randomisation for mediation to quantify the extent to which the associations observed...
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