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The role of the gluteofemoral adipose tissue in cerebrovascular disease risk: evidence from a mendelian randomization and mediation analysis
2024-08-09
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<h4>Objective</h4> To explore causal associations between BMI-independent body fat distribution profiles and cerebrovascular disease risk, and to investigate potential mediators underlying these associations. <h4>Methods</h4> Leveraging data from genome wide association studies of BMI-independent gluteofemoral (GFAT), abdominal subcutaneous (ASAT), and visceral (VAT) adipose tissue volumes in UK Biobank, we select...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d23b0db0-0276-5eab-a983-9f9119a166ae
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- 10.1101/2024.08.08.24311685
