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The impact for causal associations between common diseases and inflammatory bowel disease: a disease-wide bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] - 5 Sept 2026
Sun Yuxuan, Liang Zixin, Ou Zehua, Gao Lei, Wang Yong-Fei, Yuan Jinqiu, Yu Guangjun, Sun Rui
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Observational studies on associations between various diseases and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are often limited by confounding and reverse causation. We aimed to assess potential causal relationships between a wide range of diseases and IBD, including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). METHODS: We performed a comprehensive bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis of 104...
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- Humans
- Mendelian Randomization Analysis
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
