Protein Nutritional Status and Frailty: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Volume: 152, Issue: 1, Pages: 269 - 275
Published: Jan 1, 2022
Abstract
Observational studies have suggested that better protein nutritional status may contribute to prevention of frailty. We sought to examine this hypothesis using a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. We conducted a two-sample MR study using GWAS summary statistics data of the UK Biobank. We applied genetically predicted serum albumin as a primary exposure measure and serum total protein as a secondary exposure measure. The outcome measure was...
Paper Details
Title
Protein Nutritional Status and Frailty: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Published Date
Jan 1, 2022
Journal
Volume
152
Issue
1
Pages
269 - 275
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