TGFB1 and venous thromboembolism: Moreover, an analysis of over 400,000 individuals from the UK Biobank reported significant positive epidemiological and genetic associations between height with 11 diseases, including positive associations of height with atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism, and negative associations with coronary artery disease, and identified multiple molecular pathways linking these disorders, including TGF-β signaling [44].