Relationship Between Blood Pressure and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: Linear and Nonlinear Mendelian Randomization

Rainer Malik1, Marios K Georgakis1, Marijana Vujkovic2,3

  • 1Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University LMU, Munich, Germany (R.M., M.K.G., M.D.).

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