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The mediating role of atrial fibrillation in causal associations between risk factors and stroke: a Mendelian randomization study.
Epidemiology and health - 1 Jan 2024
Qin Shanmei, Wang Mengmeng, Gill Dipender, Zhang Zhizhong, Liu Xinfeng
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OBJECTIVES: Atrial fibrillation (AF) contributes to stroke development and progression. We aimed to quantify the mediating role of AF in the causal associations between a wide range of risk factors and stroke via a Mendelian randomization (MR) framework. METHODS: We assessed the associations of 108 traits with stroke and its subtypes in a 2-sample univariable MR approach, then conducted a bidirectional MR...
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