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Is Vitamin D Deficiency the Cause or the Effect of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Evidence from Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis.
Journal of immunology research - 1 Jan 2022
Ding Yang, Yang Shengyi, Fan Shasha, Tang Yi, Teng Yan, Tao Xiaohua, Lu Wei
Abstract excerpt
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Observational studies have reported that it is associated with SLE. In this bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) study, we explored the genetic association between serum vitamin D (VD) levels and SLE using two models. Methods: Genetic variants associated with vitamin D (n = 304,181), 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (n...
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