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Causal Associations of Sleep Apnea With Alzheimer Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 17 Sept 2024
Cavaillès Clémence, Andrews Shea J, Leng Yue, Chatterjee Aadrita, Daghlas Iyas, Yaffe Kristine
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BACKGROUND: Sleep apnea (SA) has been linked to an increased risk of dementia in numerous observational studies; whether this is driven by neurodegenerative, vascular, or other mechanisms is not clear. We sought to examine the bidirectional causal relationships between SA, Alzheimer disease (AD), coronary artery disease (CAD), and ischemic stroke using Mendelian randomization. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using summary...
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