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Obesity, birth weight, and lifestyle factors for frailty: a Mendelian randomization study.
Aging - 12 Dec 2023
Gu Yingzhen, Li Zuozhi, Dang Aimin, Zhang Wei, Liu Jinxing, Han Xiaorong, Li Yifan, Lv Naqiang
Abstract excerpt
Obesity, birth weight and lifestyle factors have been found associated with the risk of frailty in observational studies, but whether these associations are causal is uncertain. We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization study to investigate the associations. Genetic instruments associated with the exposures at the genome-wide significance level (p < 5 × 10-8) were selected from corresponding genome-wide...
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