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The Association Between Psoriasis and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2022
Gao Ning, Kong Minjian, Li Xuebiao, Zhu Xian, Wei Dongdong, Ni Ming, Wang Yifan, Hong Ze, Dong Aiqiang
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Background: A large number of observational studies showed that patients with psoriasis have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but most studies did not fully adjust for confounding factors, so it is not clear whether the risk of CVD is directly attributed to psoriasis. We used Mendelian randomization (MR) to evaluate the potential causal relationship between psoriasis and CVD. Methods: We used...
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