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Meta-Analysis
. 2019 Jun;139(6):1397-1400.
doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.11.023. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

A Transethnic Mendelian Randomization Study Identifies Causality of Obesity on Risk of Psoriasis

Kotaro Ogawa  1 , Philip E Stuart  2 , Lam C Tsoi  3 , Ken Suzuki  4 , Rajan P Nair  2 , Hideki Mochizuki  5 , James T Elder  6 , Yukinori Okada  7
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Meta-Analysis

A Transethnic Mendelian Randomization Study Identifies Causality of Obesity on Risk of Psoriasis

Kotaro Ogawa et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2019 Jun.
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Regression plots of the body mass index (BMI)-associated variants on psoriasis risk.
Dots represent the BMI-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) plotted along with effect size estimates on BMI (x-axis) and psoriasis risk (y-axis) with 95% confidence intervals in the European populations (a) and the Japanese population (b). Regression lines obtained from the Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses are plotted in red (by inverse variance weighted [IVW]) and blue (by MR-Egger).
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