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Adipokines and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a Mendelian randomization study
2020-06-19
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<h4>Background: </h4> Circulating adipokines levels have been reported to be associated with the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, it is still unclear whether these associations are causal or biased by reverse causation or residual confounding. This study aimed to assess potential causal roles of five adipokines (namely, adiponectin, leptin, resistin, chemerin, and retinol-blinding protein 4 [RBP4]) in t...
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- Literature Corpus work
- bdc1f5fd-2158-5ac5-bd83-efafc3e28da6
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-36474/v1
