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Education and cardiovascular disease: a within-family Mendelian randomisation analysis

2025-07-03 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundObservational studies have consistently found educational inequalities in cardiovascular disease risk. Mendelian randomisation analyses have suggested a direct causal effect of education, however estimates may be biased by demography or dynastic effects. This study aimed to estimate the effects of educational attainment on cardiovascular disease risk and serum lipid concentrations before and after accounting for family structure. MethodsThis study included 28 448 siblings from the Tro...

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