A data-driven approach for studying the role of body mass in multiple diseases: a phenome-wide registry-based case-control study in the UK Biobank
Summary: Background: Mendelian randomisation allows for the testing of causal effects in situations where clinical trials are challenging to do. In this hypothesis-free, data-driven phenome-wide association study (PheWAS), we sought to assess possible associations of high body-mass index (BMI) with...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-07-01
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| Series: | The Lancet: Digital Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589750019300287 |