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Modifiable risk factors and inflammation-related proteins in polymyalgia rheumatica: genome-wide meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 May 2025
Zhao Sizheng Steven, Mackie Sarah L, Larsson Susanna C, Burgess Stephen, Yuan Shuai
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OBJECTIVE: PMR is an age-related inflammatory disease of unknown cause. We aimed to identify potentially modifiable risk factors and therapeutic targets for preventing or treating PMR. METHODS: We meta-analysed genetic association data from 8156 cases of PMR (defined using diagnostic codes and self-report) and 416 495 controls of European ancestry from the UK Biobank and FinnGen. We then performed Mendelian...
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