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Effect of visceral adipose tissue mass on coronary artery disease and heart failure: A Mendelian randomization study.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Dec 2022
Chen Qiang, Wu Yanhua, Gao Yang, Zhang Zhanqin, Shi Tao, Yan Bin
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OBJECTIVES: Obesity is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) and its risk factors in observational studies. This two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study investigated the effect of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass on coronary artery disease (CAD), myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure (HF). METHODS: Genetic variants (220 SNPs, P < 5 × 10-8) associated with VAT mass were obtained from a...
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