Causal Relationship between Obesity and Vitamin D Status: Bi-Directional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Multiple Cohorts

By K. Vimaleswaran, D. Berry, Chen Lu, E. Tikkanen, S. Pilz, Linda T. Hiraki, Jason D. Cooper, Z. Dastani, Rui Li, Denise K. Houston and 48 more. PLoS Medicine, 2013

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A mendelian randomization study based on data from multiple cohorts conducted by Karani Santhanakrishnan Vimaleswaran and colleagues re-examines the causal nature of the relationship between vitamin D levels and obesity.

Subfields: Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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