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Severe traumatic brain injury and risk for osteoporosis: a Mendelian randomization study.
BMC medical genomics - 31 Mar 2025
Wang Guoqiang, Wang Jiachen, Yang Dinglong, Liu Lin, Xu Peng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The influence of nervous system activity on bone remodeling has been widely reported. Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) exhibit a high incidence of osteoporosis (OP). Nevertheless, the relationship between severe TBI (sTBI) and OP remains unclear. We performed Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to assess the potential causal relationship between sTBI and OP. METHODS: Data on exposure and...
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- Humans
- Mendelian Randomization Analysis
- Osteoporosis
- Brain Injuries, Traumatic
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Genome-Wide Association Study
