Causal Relationship between Obesity and Vitamin D Status: Bi-Directional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Multiple Cohorts

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^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^l UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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^s CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^t FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84874505939     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001383     Document Type: Article

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