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Lipid traits and type 2 diabetes risk in African ancestry individuals: A Mendelian Randomization study.
EBioMedicine - 1 Apr 2022
Soremekun Opeyemi, Karhunen Ville, He Yiyan, Rajasundaram Skanda, Liu Bowen, Gkatzionis Apostolos, Soremekun Chisom, Udosen Brenda, Musa Hanan, Silva Sarah, Kintu Christopher, Mayanja Richard, Nakabuye Mariam, Machipisa Tafadzwa, Mason Amy, Vujkovic Marijana, Zuber Verena, Soliman Mahmoud, Mugisha Joseph, Nash Oyekanmi, Kaleebu Pontiano, Nyirenda Moffat, Chikowore Tinashe, Nitsch Dorothea, Burgess Stephen, Gill Dipender, Fatumo Segun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dyslipidaemia is highly prevalent in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Numerous studies have sought to disentangle the causal relationship between dyslipidaemia and T2DM liability. However, conventional observational studies are vulnerable to confounding. Mendelian Randomization (MR) studies (which address this bias) on lipids and T2DM liability have focused on European ancestry...
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