Article
Genetic correlation between smoking behavior and gastroesophageal reflux disease: insights from integrative multi-omics data.
BMC genomics - 27 Jun 2024
Yan Zhaoqi, Xu Yifeng, Li Keke, Liu Liangji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Observational studies have preliminarily revealed an association between smoking and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, little is known about the causal relationship and shared genetic architecture between the two. This study aims to explore their common genetic correlations by leveraging genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of smoking behavior-specifically, smoking initiation (SI),...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
