"C-reactive protein levels and risk of dementia": Subgroup analyses in Mendelian randomization are likely to be misleading

Stephen Burgess^{1

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Affiliations

¹ MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
² Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Stephen Burgess. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;18(12):2732-2733.

doi: 10.1002/alz.12743. Epub 2022 Aug 21.

Stephen Burgess^{1

2}

¹ MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
² Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

None. Author disclosures are available in the supporting information.

Observational and genetic studies of C-reactive protein levels and risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Frikke-Schmidt R, Hegazy SH, Rasmussen IJ, Nordestgaard BG, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Thomassen JQ. Frikke-Schmidt R, et al. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Dec;18(12):2734-2735. doi: 10.1002/alz.12742. Epub 2022 Aug 21. Alzheimers Dement. 2022. PMID: 35988061 No abstract available.

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