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Exploring causality between educational attainment and frailty: A Mendelian randomization and mediation analysis.
Medicine - 23 Jan 2026
Liu Shuning, Xu Debin
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As a key marker of socioeconomic standing, educational attainment (EA) has been implicated in multiple disease processes. Nevertheless, the extent to which EA causally contributes to frailty is still uncertain. This study sought to investigate whether EA exerts a causal influence on frailty and to explore the mediating roles of related risk factors. A Mendelian randomization analysis was performed to evaluate the...
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