Association between hypothyroidism and nephrotic syndrome: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis.

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BACKGROUND: There is a close clinical association between hypothyroidism and nephrotic syndrome (NS) was close, but whether there is genetic causality between the two is not known. OBJECTIVE: Using pooled data from a genome-wide association study (GWAS), the association between hypothyroidism and NS was explored via Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. METHODS: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated...

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