Mendelian Randomization Studies of Lifestyle Factors and Associated Metabolites in Relation to Cardiometabolic Disease
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 623
Special Issue Editor
Interests: obesity; metabolomics; gut microbiota; type 2 diabetes; epidemiology; population genetics; cardiovascular disease
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Observational epidemiological studies provide comprehensive information concerning the association between lifestyle factors, including dietary intake, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol consumption, sleep and their associated metabolites, and cardiometabolic disease, including obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, we cannot interpret causality based on these associations because of the limitations presented by reverse causality and confounding. Although randomized clinical trials remain the gold standard approach to infer causal connections, they are expensive, time consuming and sometimes not ethically feasible to conduct.
The current Special Issue aims to expand knowledge on this topic using Mendelian randomization studies regarding lifestyle factors and their associated metabolites in relation to cardiometabolic disease, including obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. We welcome original as well as review articles related to Mendelian randomization.
Dr. Shafqat Ahmad
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dietary intake
- physical inactivity
- smoking
- alcohol consumption
- sleep
- obesity
- metabolites
- type 2 diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- Mendelian randomiozation
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