Causal association between inflammatory bowel disease and IgA nephropathy: A bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study

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Background: An association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) [which includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD)] and IgA nephropathy (IgAN) has been discovered in observational studies, but the causal relationship is still unknown. The aim of this study was to clarify the causal link between IBD (which includes UC and CD) and IgAN via a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis....

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