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Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis: a bi-directional Mendelian randomization study.
Arthritis research & therapy - 13 Dec 2023
Qu Yudun, Chen Shibo, Han Mengling, Gu Ziqi, Zhang Yujie, Fan Tianxiang, Zeng Muhui, Ruan Guangfeng, Cao Peihua, Yang Qian, Ding Changhai, Zhang Yan, Zhu Zhaohua
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the causal relationship between low bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoarthritis (OA) using Mendelian randomization (MR) design. METHODS: Two-sample bi-directional MR analyses were performed using summary-level information on OA traits from UK Biobank and arcOGEN. Sensitivity analyses including MR-Egger, simple median, weighted median, MR pleiotropy residual sum, and outlier approaches...
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