Evidence of a causal relationship between body mass index and psoriasis: A mendelian randomization study.
Budu-Aggrey A, Brumpton B, Tyrrell J, Watkins S, Modalsli EH, Celis-Morales C, Ferguson LD, Vie GÅ, Palmer T, Fritsche LG, Løset M, Nielsen JB, Zhou W, Tsoi LC, Wood AR, Jones SE, Beaumont R, Saunes M, Romundstad PR, Siebert S, McInnes IB, Elder JT, Davey Smith G, Frayling TM, Åsvold BO, Brown SJ, Sattar N, Paternoster L.
Budu-Aggrey A, et al.
PLoS Med. 2019 Jan 31;16(1):e1002739. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002739. eCollection 2019 Jan.
PLoS Med. 2019.
PMID: 30703100
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We aimed to investigate a possible causal relationship between body mass index (BMI) and psoriasis. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Following a review of published epidemiological evidence of the association between obesity and psoriasis, mendelian randomization (MR) was used to tes …
We aimed to investigate a possible causal relationship between body mass index (BMI) and psoriasis. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Following a …