@article{b81912b4b7f344dbb2ba2e82bbb2f3ce,
title = "C-reactive protein levels and body mass index: elucidating direction of causation through reciprocal Mendelian randomization",
abstract = "The assignment of direction and causality within networks of observational associations is problematic outside randomized control trials, and the presence of a causal relationship between body mass index (BMI) and C-reactive protein (CRP) is disputed.",
keywords = "Adiposity, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biological Markers, Body Mass Index, C-Reactive Protein, Cross-Sectional Studies, Denmark, Female, Genetic Variation, Genotype, Humans, Male, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, Obesity, Sex Factors, Young Adult",
author = "Timpson, {N J} and Nordestgaard, {B G} and Harbord, {R M} and J Zacho and Frayling, {T M} and Anne Tybj{\ae}rg-Hansen and Smith, {G Davey}",
year = "2011",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/ijo.2010.137",
language = "English",
volume = "35",
pages = "300--8",
journal = "International Journal of Obesity",
issn = "0307-0565",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
number = "2",
}