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Mendelian randomization analysis identified causal Association of Childhood Obesity with adult major depressive disorder.
Pediatric obesity - 1 Dec 2022
Yan Shan-Shan, Xu Qian, Han Bai-Xue, Ni Jing-Jing, Wei Xin-Tong, Feng Gui-Juan, Zhang Hong, Zhang You-Jie, Zhang Lei, Yu Wen-Yuan, Pei Yu-Fang
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BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is associated with adult major depressive disorder (MDD), but their causality is not clear. METHODS: We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to explore the causality of childhood body mass index (BMI) and childhood obesity on MDD, followed by a multivariable MR (MVMR) analysis to investigate the potential role of adult BMI in mediating such effect. We accessed...
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