The Role of Adiposity in Cardiometabolic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

In this study, Prokopenko and colleagues provide novel evidence for causal relationship between adiposity and heart failure and increased liver enzymes using a Mendelian randomization study design. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary

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