Causal relationships between adiposity and childhood asthma: bi-directional Mendelian Randomization analysis

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 73-81

  Chen, Yang Ching ^a,b,c   Fan, Hsien Yu ^a   Huang, Yen Tsung ^d   Huang, Shih Yi ^c   Liou, Tsan Hon ^b,e   Lee, Yungling L ^f,g  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKINFOLD; WAIST HIP RATIO; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; TAIWAN;

ADIPOSITY; ALLELES; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 85050299479     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-018-0160-8     Document Type: Article

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