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. 2024 Apr 25;63(4):2400554.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.00554-2024. Print 2024 Apr.

Reply: Asthma and cardiovascular disease: the strength of triangulation

Chloe I Bloom  1
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Reply: Asthma and cardiovascular disease: the strength of triangulation

Chloe I Bloom. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

A triangulation approach integrated different epidemiological methods and data sources (large observational study and Mendelian randomisation study) to provide more reliable findings and reveal potential sources of bias in previous asthma–CHD studies https://bit.ly/3IXoK84

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: C.I. Bloom is the recipient of NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Council awards, and reports grants from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) (advanced fellowship) and Asthma+Lung UK.

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