A diagram showing the bidirectional Mendelian randomization methodology (IMAGE)

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A diagram showing the bidirectional Mendelian randomization methodology

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This graphic shows how the large data set was narrowed down to identify 14 plasma metabolite biomarkers out of the millions of possibilities using a method called bidirectional Mandelian randomization.

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Professor Qiang SU, Department of Cardiology, Jiangbin Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi, China

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