Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and atrial fibrillation; A Mendelian randomization study using UK-Biobank data

ABSTRACT Objectives We used data from UK-Biobank that were linked with Hospital Episode Statistics and Office for National Statistics to assess the relationship between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and atrial fibrillation (AF). In this study, we applied Mendelian randomization in ord...

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Main Authors: Michail Katsoulis, Spiros Denaxas, Riyaz Patel, Harry Hemingway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2017-04-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/322