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Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study of Personality Traits Reveals a Positive Feedback Loop Between Neuroticism and Back Pain
1 Jun 2023
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We conducted a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study to examine the causal effects of six personality traits (anxiety, neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) on back pain associated with health care use and the causal effect of back pain on the same risk factors. Genetic instruments for the personality traits and back pain were obtained from the largest...
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