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Association between C reactive protein and coronary heart disease: mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

G. Eiriksdottir, +137 more
- Vol. 342, Iss: 7794, pp 425
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Human genetic data indicate that C reactive protein concentration itself is unlikely to be even a modest causal factor in coronary heart disease.
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Objective To use genetic variants as unconfounded proxies of C reactive protein concentration to study its causal role in coronary heart disease. Design Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis of ind ...

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