Systematic evaluation of environmental factors: persistent pollutants and nutrients correlated with serum lipid levels

Chirag J. Patel; Mark R. Cullen; John P A Ioannidis; Atul J. Butte

doi:10.1093/ije/dys003

Abstract

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Our systematic association study has enabled us to postulate about broad environmental correlation to lipid levels. Although subject to confounding and reverse causality bias, these findings merit evaluation in additional cohorts.

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