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Editorial
. 2024 Sep 17;13(18):e037394.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.037394. Epub 2024 Sep 11.

Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization to Elucidate the Relationship Between Healthy Sleep, Brains, and Hearts

Brooke N Wolford  1 , Bjørn O Åsvold  1   2
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Editorial

Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization to Elucidate the Relationship Between Healthy Sleep, Brains, and Hearts

Brooke N Wolford et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
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Keywords: Editorials; Mendelian randomization analysis; brain; heart; sleep.

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Figure 1. The bidirectional disease associations and confounding factor of body mass index tested in the study by Cavaillès et al.
Selected positive and negative evidence from observational studies, randomized clinical trials, and meta‐analyses is shown for sleep apnea as a causal factor for each of the 3 main traits and their reverse causal relationships. Created with BioRender.com.
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