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Shared genetic architecture of obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Medicine - 6 Feb 2026
Xiao Lei, Zhu Dandan, Liu Wei
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is identified as a risk factor of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This study aims to elucidate the shared genetic architecture of obesity-related phenotypes and GERD. Based on the publicly available genome-wide association studies' datasets, this genome-wide pleiotropic association study was conducted with various genetic approaches (including linkage disequilibrium score regression,...
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