Association of Lipoprotein (a) variants with risk of cardiovascular disease: a Mendelian randomization study

Abstract Background There is a well-documented empirical relationship between lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] and cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, causal evidence, especially from the Chinese population, is lacking. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the causal association between variants in gene...

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Main Authors: Juan Xia, Chunyue Guo, Kuo Liu, Yunyi Xie, Han Cao, Wenjuan Peng, Yanyan Sun, Xiaohui Liu, Bingxiao Li, Ling Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-021-01482-0