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Causal effect of hypertension and blood pressure on aortic diseases: evidence from Mendelian randomization.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Sept 2023
Yang Tao, Yuan Xin, Gao Wei, Lu Min-Jie, Hu Meng-Jin, Sun Han-Song
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension or elevated blood pressure was documented to be an important risk factor for aortic diseases in observational studies, yet the causality remains to be determined. By applying a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, we aim to determine whether hypertension or elevated blood pressure (systolic blood pressure [SBP] or diastolic blood pressure [DBP]) is linked causally to aortic aneurysm or...
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