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Causal effect of adiposity on the risk of 19 gastrointestinal diseases: a Mendelian randomization study
2021-11-19
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Objectives</h4> We applied Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate the causal associations of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with 19 gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. <h4>Design</h4> MR study. <h4>Setting</h4> The UK Biobank, Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium, FinnGen consortium, and genome-wide association studies. <h4>Participants</h4> Overall, >400,000...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0b52cbb8-8045-5aef-a138-caaa50ce2ea6
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.11.19.21266578
