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Sex Steroids and Osteoarthritis: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2021
Yan Yi-Shang, Qu Zihao, Yu Dan-Qing, Wang Wei, Yan Shigui, Huang He-Feng
Abstract excerpt
Objective: Sex steroids are thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). This study investigated the causal role of sex steroids in site- and sex-specific OA and risk of joint replacement surgery using the Mendelian randomization (MR) method. Methods: Instrumental variables for estradiol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, testosterone (T), and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) were selected. We used...
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