No causal effect between prostatitis and erectile dysfunction: Insights from a 2-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.

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Both prostatitis and erectile dysfunction (ED) are common diseases in andrology. The epidemiologic evidence indicates that prostatitis is associated with ED, but controversy still remains. This study aims to utilized publicly available genetic data and Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate the causal effect between prostatitis and ED. We obtained statistical data for prostatitis and ED from the FinnGen...

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• Erectile Dysfunction
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Mendelian Randomization Analysis
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide