Mediators of the association between educational attainment and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a two-step multivariable Mendelian randomisation study.
Jia ZhangZekai ChenKatri PärnaSander K R van ZonHarold SniederChris H L ThioPublished in: Diabetologia (2022)
These results support a potentially causal protective effect of EA against type 2 diabetes, with considerable mediation by a number of modifiable risk factors. Interventions on these factors thus have the potential of substantially reducing the burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to low EA.