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ArticleScientific reports2018

Causal Pathways from Blood Pressure to Larger Qrs Amplitudes a Mendelian Randomization Study.

M Yldau Van Der Ende, Tom Hendriks, Dirk J Van Veldhuisen, Harold Snieder, Niek Verweij, Pim Van Der Harst

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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M Yldau Van Der EndeUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8852-0497
Tom HendriksUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Dirk J Van VeldhuisenUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Harold SniederUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The department of Epidemiology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Niek VerweijUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4303-7685
Pim Van Der HarstUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands. p.van.der.harst@umcg.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-2713-686X
University Medical Center Groningen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abnormal QRS duration and amplitudes on the electrocardiogram are indicative of cardiac pathology and are associated with adverse outcomes. The causal nature of these associations remains uncertain and could be due to QRS abnormalities being a symptom of cardiac damage rather than a factor on the causal pathway. By performing Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses using summary statistics of genome wide association study consortia with sample sizes between 20,687 and 339,224 individuals, we aimed to determine which cardiovascular risk factors causally lead to changes in QRS duration and amplitude (Sokolow-Lyon, Cornell and 12-leadsum products). Additionally, we aimed to determine whether QRS traits have a causal relationship with mortality and longevity. We performed inverse-variance weighted MR as main analyses and MR-Egger regression and weighted median estimation as sensitivity analyses. We found evidence for a causal relationship between higher blood pressure and larger QRS amplitudes (systolic blood pressure on Cornell: 55SNPs, causal effect estimate per 1 mmHg = 9.77 millimeters·milliseconds (SE = 1.38,P = 1.20 × 10

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ElectrocardiographyMendelian Randomization AnalysisBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationCardiac Conduction System DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHeart Conduction SystemHumansHypertensionPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk Factors

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