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The Effect of Iron Status on Risk of Coronary Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Dipender Gill,
Fabiola Del Greco M,
Ann P. Walker,
Surjit Kaila Srai,
Michael Laffan,
Cosetta Minelli
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
arteriosclerosis thrombosis and vascular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.007
H-Index - 270
eISSN - 1524-4636
pISSN - 1079-5642
DOI - 10.1161/atvbaha.117.309757
Subject(s) - mendelian randomization , odds ratio , transferrin saturation , confidence interval , coronary artery disease , single nucleotide polymorphism , medicine , genome wide association study , serum iron , iron deficiency , gastroenterology , genetics , biology , anemia , genotype , gene , genetic variants
Iron status is a modifiable trait that has been implicated in cardiovascular disease. This study uses the Mendelian randomization technique to investigate whether there is any causal effect of iron status on risk of coronary artery disease (CAD).

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