Article
Using genetic instruments to estimate the causal effect of hormonal reproductive factors on osteoarthritis.
Frontiers in public health - 1 Jan 2022
Wang Bingran, Wu Junhua, Li Han, Jin Xiaoyan, Sui Cong, Yu Zhen
Abstract excerpt
Objectives: Hormonal reproductive factors have been considered to play an important role in the etiology of osteoarthritis (OA). We performed Mendelian randomization (MR) to examine whether a causal effect existed between them. Methods: MR was performed by using publicly released genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics to estimate the causal associations of three relevant exposures, including age...
Topics
- Female
- Humans
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Osteoarthritis
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
