Mendelian randomization of blood lipids for coronary heart disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 539-550

  Holmes, Michael V ^a,b   Asselbergs, Folkert W ^a,c,d   Palmer, Tom M ^e   Drenos, Fotios ^a,f   Lanktree, Matthew B ^g   Nelson, Christopher P ^h,i   Dale, Caroline E ^j   Padmanabhan, Sandosh ^k   Finan, Chris ^a   Swerdlow, Daniel I ^a   Tragante, Vinicius ^c   Van Iperen, Erik P A ^d,l   Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh ^l   Shah, Sonia ^a   Elbers, Clara C ^c,m   Shah, Tina ^a   Engmann, Jorgen ^a   Giambartolomei, Claudia ^a   White, Jon ^a   Zabaneh, Delilah ^a   Sofat, Reecha ^a   McLachlan, Stela ⁿ   Doevendans, Pieter A ^c   Balmforth, Anthony J ^o   Hall, Alistair S ^o   North, Kari E ^p   Almoguera, Berta ^m   Hoogeveen, Ron C ^q   Cushman, Mary ^r,s   Fornage, Myriam ^t   Patel, Sanjay R ^u   Redline, Susan ^u   Siscovick, David S ^v,w   Tsai, Michael Y ^x   Karczewski, Konrad J ^y   Hofker, Marten H ^z   Verschuren, W Monique ^aa   Bots, Michiel L ^c   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^c   Melander, Olle ^ab   Dominiczak, Anna F ^k   Morris, Richard ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^ac   Price, Jackie ⁿ   Kumari, Meena ^a   Baumert, Jens ^ad   Peters, Annette ^ad   Thorand, Barbara ^ad   Koenig, Wolfgang ^ae   Gaunt, Tom R ^f   Humphries, Steve E ^a   Clarke, Robert ^af   Watkins, Hugh ^af   Farrall, Martin ^af   Wilson, James G ^ag   Rich, Stephen S ^ah   De Bakker, Paul I W ^c   Lange, Leslie A ^ai   Smith, George Davey ^f   Reiner, Alex P ^aj   Talmud, Philippa J ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^f   Dudbridge, Frank ^j   Samani, Nilesh J ^h,i   Keating, Brendan J ^b,m   Hingorani, Aroon D ^a   Casas, Juan P ^a,j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^l ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^p The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^q BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^u BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^y STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^aa NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^ab LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^ad INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^af UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^aj Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aetiology; Epidemiology; Heart disease; Lipids; Mendelian randomization

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84924420487     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht571     Document Type: Article

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