@article{c81114a873334bb48f2ac1f83367cfe6,
title = "The effect of elevated body mass index on ischemic heart disease risk: causal estimates from a Mendelian randomisation approach",
abstract = "Adiposity, assessed as elevated body mass index (BMI), is associated with increased risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD); however, whether this is causal is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that positive observational associations between BMI and IHD are causal.",
keywords = "Adiposity, Adult, Aged, Alleles, Body Mass Index, Female, Genotype, Humans, Incidence, Male, Membrane Proteins, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, Myocardial Ischemia, Obesity, Odds Ratio, Proteins, Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4, Risk Factors",
author = "Nordestgaard, {B{\o}rge G} and Palmer, {Tom M} and Marianne Benn and Jeppe Zacho and Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen and {Davey Smith}, George and Timpson, {Nicholas J}",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pmed.1001212",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "e1001212",
journal = "PLOS Medicine",
issn = "1549-1676",
publisher = "Public Library of Science",
number = "5",
}