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Newest firstImportanceCarotid stenosis, which is atherosclerotic narrowing of the extracranial carotid arteries, is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke. The prevalence of asymptomatic carotid stenosis is generally low, with moderate and severe stenosis present in up to ~6% and ~2% of the population, respectively. Prior studies of carotid stenosis have been small, and risk factors for carotid stenosis severity have be…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundHeight has been associated with many clinical traits but whether such associations are causal versus secondary to confounding remains unclear in many cases. To systematically examine this question, we performed a Mendelian Randomization-Phenome-wide association study (MR-PheWAS) using clinical and genetic data from a national healthcare system biobank. Methods and FindingsAnalyses were performed using da…
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