Causal Relationship between Adiponectin and Metabolic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Study in a Multiethnic Population

• Andrew Mente,

  Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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• David Meyre,

  Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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• Matthew B. Lanktree,

  Affiliations Blackburn Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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• Mahyar Heydarpour,

  Affiliation Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada

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• A. Darlene Davis,

  Affiliation Six Nations Health Services, Ohsweken, Canada

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• Ruby Miller,

  Affiliation Six Nations Health Services, Ohsweken, Canada

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• Hertzel Gerstein,

  Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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• Robert A. Hegele,

  Affiliations Blackburn Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Salim Yusuf,

  Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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• Sonia S. Anand ,

  * E-mail: anands@mcmaster.ca

  Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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• for the SHARE and SHARE-AP Investigators