Obesity and Multiple Sclerosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
<h4>Background</h4>Observational studies have reported an association between obesity, as measured by elevated body mass index (BMI), in early adulthood and risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, bias potentially introduced by confounding and reverse causation may have influenced thes...
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| Main Authors: | Lauren E Mokry, Stephanie Ross, Nicholas J Timpson, Stephen Sawcer, George Davey Smith, J Brent Richards |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-06-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002053 |
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