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Causal association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and epilepsy: A two-sample bidirectional mendelian randomization study.
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B - 1 Mar 2025
Wu Zhanshen, Zhao Yang, Zhang Bo, Li Yanyan
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OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to investigate the causal relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and epilepsy using Mendelian randomization (MR), thereby addressing confounding and reverse causality issues in observational studies. METHODS: We employed a two-sample bidirectional MR design utilizing summary-level data from the IEU OpenGWAS project. Serum 25(OH)D levels were analyzed using the...
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- Humans
- Epilepsy
- Mendelian Randomization Analysis
- Vitamin D
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Female
