Serum uric acid and adiposity: deciphering causality using a bidirectional Mendelian randomization approach.

Serum uric acid and adiposity: deciphering causality using a bidirectional Mendelian randomization approach.

Although the relationship between serum uric acid (SUA) and adiposity is well established, the direction of the causality is still unclear in the presence of conflicting evidences. We used a bidirectional Mendelian randomization approach to explore the nature and direction of causality between SUA a...

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Main Authors: Tanica Lyngdoh, Philippe Vuistiner, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Valentin Rousson, Gérard Waeber, Peter Vollenweider, Murielle Bochud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3378571?pdf=render

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