Causal Relationship between Obesity and Vitamin D Status: Bi-Directional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Multiple Cohorts

KS Vimaleswaran; DJ Berry; C Lu; E Tikkanen; S Pilz; LT Hiraki; JD Cooper; Z Dastani; R Li; DK Houston; AR Wood; K Michaelsson; L Vandenput; L Zgaga; LM Yerges-Armstrong; MI McCarthy; J Dupuis; M Kaakinen; ME Kleber; K Jameson; N Arden; O Raitakari; J Viikari; KK Lohman; L Ferrucci; H Melhus; E Ingelsson; L Byberg; L Lind; M Lorentzon; V Salomaa; H Campbell; M Dunlop; BD Mitchell; KH Herzig; A Pouta; AL Hartikainen; EA Streeten; E Theodoratou; A Jula; NJ Wareham; C Ohlsson; TM Frayling; SB Kritchevsky; TD Spector; JB Richards; T Lehtimaki; WH Ouwehand; P Kraft; C Cooper; W Marz; C Power; RJF Loos; TJ Wang; MR Jarvelin; JC Whittaker; AD Hingorani; E Hypponen

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001383

Causal Relationship between Obesity and Vitamin D Status: Bi-Directional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Multiple Cohorts

KS Vimaleswaran, DJ Berry, C Lu, E Tikkanen, S Pilz, LT Hiraki, JD Cooper, Z Dastani, R Li, DK Houston, AR Wood, K Michaelsson, L Vandenput, L Zgaga, LM Yerges-Armstrong, MI McCarthy, J Dupuis, M Kaakinen, ME Kleber, K JamesonN Arden, O Raitakari, J Viikari, KK Lohman, L Ferrucci, H Melhus, E Ingelsson, L Byberg, L Lind, M Lorentzon, V Salomaa, H Campbell, M Dunlop, BD Mitchell, KH Herzig, A Pouta, AL Hartikainen, EA Streeten, E Theodoratou, A Jula, NJ Wareham, C Ohlsson, TM Frayling, SB Kritchevsky, TD Spector, JB Richards, T Lehtimaki, WH Ouwehand, P Kraft, C Cooper, W Marz, C Power, RJF Loos, TJ Wang, MR Jarvelin, JC Whittaker, AD Hingorani, E Hypponen

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Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001383
Publication status	Published - 2013
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Vimaleswaran, KS., Berry, DJ., Lu, C., Tikkanen, E., Pilz, S., Hiraki, LT., Cooper, JD., Dastani, Z., Li, R., Houston, DK., Wood, AR., Michaelsson, K., Vandenput, L., Zgaga, L., Yerges-Armstrong, LM., McCarthy, MI., Dupuis, J., Kaakinen, M., Kleber, ME., ... Hypponen, E. (2013). Causal Relationship between Obesity and Vitamin D Status: Bi-Directional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Multiple Cohorts. PLoS Medicine (print), 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001383

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