Causal relationships between obesity and the leading causes of death in women and men.

Causal relationships between obesity and the leading causes of death in women and men.

Obesity traits are causally implicated with risk of cardiometabolic diseases. It remains unclear whether there are similar causal effects of obesity traits on other non-communicable diseases. Also, it is largely unexplored whether there are any sex-specific differences in the causal effects of obesi...

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Main Authors: Jenny C Censin, Sanne A E Peters, Jonas Bovijn, Teresa Ferreira, Sara L Pulit, Reedik Mägi, Anubha Mahajan, Michael V Holmes, Cecilia M Lindgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008405

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008405

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