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The causes and consequences of Alzheimer's disease: phenome-wide evidence from Mendelian randomization.
Nature communications - 11 Aug 2022
Korologou-Linden Roxanna, Bhatta Laxmi, Brumpton Ben M, Howe Laura D, Millard Louise A C, Kolaric Katarina, Ben-Shlomo Yoav, Williams Dylan M, Smith George Davey, Anderson Emma L, Stergiakouli Evie, Davies Neil M
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) has no proven causal and modifiable risk factors, or effective interventions. We report a phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) of genetic liability for AD in 334,968 participants of the UK Biobank study, stratified by age. We also examined the effects of AD genetic liability on previously implicated risk factors. We replicated these analyses in the HUNT study. PheWAS hits and...
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