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The potential causal relationship between BMI, T1D, urolithiasis, and hydronephrosis in European ancestry: A Mendelian randomization analysis.
Medicine - 27 Sept 2024
Han Yangjun, Gao Wenzhi, Wang Bing, Gao Zihui, Diao Mingxin, Zuo Chao, Zhang Minghua, Diao Yingzhi, Wang Chunji, Liu Honglei, Gu Yaming
Abstract excerpt
Body mass index (BMI), type 1 diabetes (T1D), urolithiasis, and hydronephrosis are interrelated. Our aim was to analyze their causal relationships at the genetic level. Mendelian randomization is an instrumental variable analysis method that follows Mendel genetic law of random allocation of parental alleles to offspring. In observational studies, genetic variants are used as instrumental variables to infer...
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