Influence of blood pressure on pneumonia risk: Epidemiological association and Mendelian randomisation in the UK Biobank
Seyedeh Maryam Zekavat, Michael C. Honigberg, James P. Pirruccello, Puja Kohli, Elizabeth W. Karlson, Christopher Newton‐Cheh, Hongyu Zhao, Pradeep Natarajan
This study finds that elevated blood pressure increases pneumonia risk and reduces pulmonary function, supported by both epidemiological and Mendelian randomisation analyses in the UK Biobank.
Med · Nov 30, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine