Causal Associations of Adiposity and Body Fat Distribution With Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke Subtypes, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

Dale, C.E.; Fatemifar, G.; Palmer, T.M.; White, J.; Prieto-Merino, D.; Zabaneh, D.; ... ; Casas, J.P. (2017)

Article / Letter to editor

• adiposity
• body fat distribution
• body mass index
• coronary artery disease
• Mendelian randomization analysis
• stroke
• waist-hip ratio

• All authors: Dale, C.E.; Fatemifar, G.; Palmer, T.M.; White, J.; Prieto-Merino, D.; Zabaneh, D.; Engmann, J.E.L.; Shah, T.; Wong, A.; Warren, H.R.; McLachlan, S.; Trompet, S.; Moldovan, M.; Morris, R.W.; Sofat, R.; Kumari, M.; Hypponen, E.; Jefferis, B.J.; Gaunt, T.R.; Ben-Shlomo, Y.; Zhou, A.; Gentry-Maharaj, A.; Ryan, A.; Mutsert, R. de; Noordam, R.; Caulfield, M.J.; Jukema, J.W.; Worrall, B.B.; Munroe, P.B.; Menon, U.; Power, C.; Kuh, D.; Lawlor, D.A.; Humphries, S.E.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; Sattar, N.; Kivimaki, M.; Price, J.F.; Smith, G.D.; Dudbridge, F.; Hingorani, A.D.; Holmes, M.V.; Casas, J.P.
• Date: 2017-06-13
• Journal: Circulation
• Volume: 135
• Issue: 24
• Pages: 2373 - +
• DOI: doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026560