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SUBMITTER: Kwok MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8455674 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kwok Man Ki MK Schooling Catherine Mary CM
Scientific reports 20210921 1
Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been associated with numerous diseases. However, whether AF is a cause or consequence of these diseases is uncertain. To clarify, we assessed the causal role of AF on ischemic heart disease (IHD), stroke, other cardiovascular disease (CVD) subtypes, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and late-onset AD using bi-directional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) among people primarily of European descent. Genetically predicted log odds of AF was associated with any stro ...[more]