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Effect of the Blood Pressure and Antihypertensive Drugs on Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
Stroke - 1 Jul 2024
Ma Yazhou, Wang Mengmeng, Chen Xin, Yao Jianrong, Ding Yiping, Gao Qianqian, Zhou Jiayi, Lian Xuegan
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies yielded conflicting results about the influence of blood pressure (BP) and antihypertensive treatment on cerebral small vessel disease. Here, we conducted a Mendelian randomization study to investigate the effect of BP and antihypertensive drugs on cerebral small vessel disease. METHODS: We extracted single-nucleotide polymorphisms for systolic BP and diastolic BP from a genome-wide...
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