The Effect of Elevated Body Mass Index on Ischemic Heart Disease Risk: Causal Estimates from a Mendelian Randomisation Approach

BG Nordestgaard; TM Palmer; M Benn; J Zacho; A Tybaerg-Hansen; G Davey Smith; NJ Timpson

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001212

The Effect of Elevated Body Mass Index on Ischemic Heart Disease Risk: Causal Estimates from a Mendelian Randomisation Approach

BG Nordestgaard
, TM Palmer
, M Benn
, J Zacho
, A Tybaerg-Hansen
, G Davey Smith
, NJ Timpson

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Translated title of the contribution	The Effect of Elevated Body Mass Index on Ischemic Heart Disease Risk: Causal Estimates from a Mendelian Randomisation Approach
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e1001212
Journal	PLOS Medicine
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001212
Publication status	Published - 2012

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