Fig. 1From: Type 2 diabetes has a protective causal association with thoracic aortic aneurysm: a Mendelian randomization studyStudy design of the present study. (A) Schematic representation of this MR study. (B) Flow diagram of the present MR framework. TAA thoracic aortic aneurysm, AAoD ascending aortic diameter, DAoD descending aortic diameter, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, FG fasting glucose, FI fasting insulin, IV instrumental variable, SNP single nucleotide polymorphism, MR Mendelian randomization, IVW inverse variance weightedBack to article page