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Body mass index and heart failure risk: a cohort study in 1.5 million individuals and Mendelian randomisation analysis
2020-09-25
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Aims</h4> Elevated body mass index (BMI) is a known risk factor for heart failure (HF), however, the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of common HF risk factors as potential mediators. <h4>Methods and Results</h4> Electronic health record data from primary care, hospital admissions and death registrations in England were used...
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- Literature Corpus work
- cf15b845-d086-54ce-b12d-8331542211b2
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.09.23.20200360
