Assessment of the relationship between telomere length and atherosclerosis: A Mendelian randomization study

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 102; no. 46; p. e35875
• Main Authors: Li, Wenwen, Liu, Cuncheng, Chen, Ying, Dong, Shoupeng, Zhang, Menghe, Sun, Jinglong, Zhao, Zhenfeng, Zuo, Yaoyao, Chen, Shouqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 17.11.2023
• Subjects: atherosclerosis; cerebral atherosclerosis; Mendelian randomization; coronary atherosclerosis; telomere length; peripheral atherosclerosis

To evaluate the causal relationship between genetically determined telomere length (TL) and atherosclerosis (AS). We performed a 2-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to assess the potential causal relationship between TL and AS (coronary AS, cerebral AS, peripheral atherosclerosis (PAD), and...