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Blood metabolites and chronic kidney disease: a Mendelian randomization study.
BMC medical genomics - 28 May 2024
Hou Yawei, Xiao Zhenwei, Zhu Yushuo, Li Yameng, Liu Qinglin, Wang Zhenguo
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BACKGROUND: Human blood metabolites have demonstrated close associations with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in observational studies. Nonetheless, the causal relationship between metabolites and CKD is still unclear. This study aimed to assess the associations between metabolites and CKD risk. METHODS: We applied a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to evaluate relationships between 1400 blood...
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