Adult height and risk of 50 diseases: a combined epidemiological and genetic analysis
Abstract Background Adult height is associated with risk of several diseases, but the breadth of such associations and whether these associations are primary or due to confounding are unclear. We examined the association of adult height with 50 diseases spanning multiple body systems using both epid...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1175-7 |