The Role of Adiposity in Cardiometabolic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

• Main Authors: Fall T., Hägg S., Mägi R., Ploner A., Fischer K., Horikoshi M., Sarin A.-P., Thorleifsson G., Ladenvall C., Kals M., Kuningas M., Draisma H.H.M., Ried J.S., van Zuydam N.R., Huikari V., Mangino M., Sonestedt E., Benyamin B., Nelson C.P., Rivera N.V., Kristiansson K., Shen H.-y., Havulinna A.S., Dehghan A., Donnelly L.A., Kaakinen M., Nuotio M.-L., Robertson N., de Bruijn R.F.A.G., Ikram M.A., Amin N., Balmforth A.J., Braund P.S., Doney A.S.F., Döring A., Elliott P., Esko T., Franco O.H., Gretarsdottir S., Hartikainen A.-L., Heikkilä K., Herzig K.-H., Holm H., Hottenga J.J., Hyppönen E., Illig T., Isaacs A., Isomaa B., Karssen L.C., Kettunen J., Koenig W., Kuulasmaa K., Laatikainen T., Laitinen J., Lindgren C., Lyssenko V., Läärä E., Rayner N.W., Männistö S., Pouta A., Rathmann W., Rivadeneira F., Ruokonen A., Savolainen M.J., Sijbrands E.J.G., Small K.S., Smit J.H., Steinthorsdottir V., Syvänen A.-C., Taanila A., Tobin M.D., Uitterlinden A.G., Willems S.M., Willemsen G., Witteman J., Perola M., Evans A., Ferrières J., Virtamo J., Kee F., Tregouet D.-A., Arveiler D., Amouyel P., Ferrario M.M., Brambilla P., Hall A.S., Heath A.C., Madden P.A.F., Martin N.G., Montgomery G.W., Whitfield J.B., Jula A., Knekt P., Oostra B., van Duijn C.M., Penninx B.W.J.H., Davey Smith G., Kaprio J., Samani N.J., Gieger C., Peters A., Wichmann H.-E., Boomsma D.I., de Geus E.J.C., Tuomi T.M., Power C., Hammond C.J., Spector T.D., Lind L., Orho-Melander M., Palmer C.N.A., Morris A.D., Groop L., Järvelin M.-R., Salomaa V., Vartiainen E., Hofman A., Ripatti S., Metspalu A., Thorsteinsdottir U., Stefansson K., Pedersen N.L., McCarthy M.I., Ingelsson E., Prokopenko I.
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: alanine aminotransferase; C reactive protein; gamma glutamyltransferase; glucose; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; insulin; triacylglycerol; article; body mass; cardiometabolic risk; diastolic blood pressure; disease association; dyslipidemia; genotype; hazard ratio; heart failure; human; hypertension; instrumental variable analysis; Mendelian randomization analysis; meta analysis; metabolic syndrome X; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; obesity; outcome assessment; sensitivity analysis; systolic blood pressure
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161627
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pmed.1001474