B2713 - Mendelian randomization for metabolites on coronary heart disease and Type 2 Diabetes - 14/07/2016

B number: 
B2713
Principal applicant name: 
Jie Zheng | University of Bristol (United Kingdom)
Co-applicants: 
David Evans, Tom Gaunt, Philip Haycock, Gibran Hemani
Title of project: 
Mendelian randomization for metabolites on coronary heart disease and Type 2 Diabetes
Proposal summary: 

Utilizing the metabolomics data in ALSPAC and GWAS summary-level data in MR-base to understand the relationship between circulating metabolites on coronary heart disease and Type 2 diabetes and try to solve the issue of pleiotropy with the lipid variables.

Date proposal received: 
Saturday, 2 July, 2016
Date proposal approved: 
Wednesday, 6 July, 2016
Keywords: 
Epidemiology