Associations of genetically determined iron status across the phenome: A mendelian randomization study.
Dipender GillBeben BenyaminLuke Stephen Prockter MooreGrace MonoriAng ZhouFotios KoskeridisEvangelos EvangelouMike LaffanAnn P WalkerKonstantinos K TsilidisAbbas DehghanPaul ElliottElina HyppӧnenJoanna TzoulakiPublished in: PLoS medicine (2019)
Our findings offer novel, to our knowledge, insight into previously unreported effects of iron status, highlighting a potential protective effect of higher iron status on hypercholesterolemia and a detrimental role on risk of skin and skin structure infections. Given the modifiable and variable nature of iron status, these findings warrant further investigation.