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Age at menarche, age at natural menopause, and risk of rheumatoid arthritis - a Mendelian randomization study.
Arthritis research & therapy - 9 Apr 2021
Zhu Jingjing, Niu Zheng, Alfredsson Lars, Klareskog Lars, Padyukov Leonid, Jiang Xia
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BACKGROUND: Hormonal reproductive factors have been suggested to play an important role in the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune inflammatory disorder affecting primarily women. We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study examining three relevant exposures, age at menarche (AAM), age at natural menopause (ANM), and age at first birth (AFB) with the risk of RA. METHODS: We...
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