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Association of C-reactive Protein with Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Mendelian Randomization Study in the Japanese Population.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 20 Feb 2022
Cao Ming Yang, Liu Di, Zhang Xiao Yu, Tian Qiu Yue, Zhang Qun, Wang You Xin
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OBJECTIVE: Traditional epidemiological studies have shown that C-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, whether this association is causal remains unclear. Therefore, Mendelian randomization (MR) was used to explore the causal relationship of CRP with cardiovascular outcomes including ischemic stroke, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmia and congestive heart...
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