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Evaluating the impact of metformin targets on the risk of osteoarthritis: a mendelian randomization study.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Nov 2022
Zhang Y, Li D, Zhu Z, Chen S, Lu M, Cao P, Chen T, Li S, Xue S, Zhang Y, Zhu J, Ruan G, Ding C
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OBJECTIVE: To provide some causal evidence concerning the effects of metformin on osteoarthritis (OA) using two metformin targets, namely AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) as metformin proxies. METHODS: This is a 2-sample Mendelian randomization design. We constructed 44 AMPK-related variants genetically predicted in HbA1c (%) as instruments for AMPK and five...
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