Adiposity as a cause of cardiovascular disease: a Mendelian randomization study

Sara Hägg¹, Tove Fall¹, Alexander Ploner¹+61

• ¹Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Netherlands Genomics Initiative, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Neurology, and Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Inspectorate for Health Care, The Hague, The Netherlands, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Division of Epidemiology, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Center for Life Course and Systems Epidemiology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland, Department of Children, Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland, MRC Health Protection Agency (HPE) Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK, Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland, Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki,