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Association of high LDL concentrations with erectile dysfunction from a Mendelian randomization study.
Scientific reports - 14 Dec 2023
Zhu Quan, Tan Yao, Zou Xuyan, Lu Liqing
Abstract excerpt
Lipid metabolism plays a key role in erectile dysfunction. Our purpose was to evaluate the influence of lipid-lowering drugs on erectile dysfunction employing a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study. Genetic instruments were employed to represent the exposure of lipid-lowering drugs. Inverse variance-weighted MR (IVWMR) was employed to calculate the estimation of effects. IVW-MR analysis showed that the...
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