Serum magnesium levels and risk of coronary artery disease: Mendelian randomisation study

Serum magnesium levels and risk of coronary artery disease: Mendelian randomisation study

Abstract Background Observational studies have shown that serum magnesium levels are inversely associated with risk of cardiovascular disease, but whether this association is causal is unknown. We conducted a Mendelian randomisation study to investigate whether serum magnesium levels may be causally...

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Main Authors: Susanna C. Larsson, Stephen Burgess, Karl Michaëlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Coronary artery disease
Magnesium
Mendelian randomisation
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1065-z

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