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Causality of abdominal obesity on cognition: a trans-ethnic Mendelian randomization study.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Aug 2022
Wang Shi-Heng, Su Mei-Hsin, Chen Chia-Yen, Lin Yen-Feng, Feng Yen-Chen A, Hsiao Po-Chang, Pan Yi-Jiun, Wu Chi-Shin
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BACKGROUND: Obesity has been associated with cognition in observational studies; however, whether its effect is confounding or a reverse causality remains inconclusive. This study aimed to investigate the causal relationships of overall obesity, measured by body mass index (BMI), and abdominal adiposity, measured by waist-hip ratio adjusted for BMI (WHRadjBMI), and cognition across European and Asian populations...
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