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Investigating the causal role of smoking in gout: A triangulation approach combining NHANES data, genetic correlation, and Mendelian randomization.
Medicine - 28 Aug 2026
Wei Qiaofeng, Li Lanlan, Lv Fang, Du Qing, Zhang Hongju
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between smoking and the development of gout is not well understood. To address this, we adopted a triangulation framework that integrates observational analysis, genetic correlation estimation, and two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) to examine whether smoking confers a causal risk for gout. We first performed a cross-sectional analysis using information for 13,626 participants from the...
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- Humans
- Gout
- Mendelian Randomization Analysis
- Nutrition Surveys
- Smoking
- Cross-Sectional Studies
