A Mild Causal Relationship Between Tea Consumption and Obesity in General Population: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

A Mild Causal Relationship Between Tea Consumption and Obesity in General Population: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

Evidence from observational studies for the effect of tea consumption on obesity is inconclusive. This study aimed to verify the causal association between tea consumption and obesity through a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis in general population-based datasets. The genetic instrum...

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Main Authors: Cancan Li, Mingyun Niu, Zheng Guo, Pengcheng Liu, Yulu Zheng, Di Liu, Song Yang, Wei Wang, Yuanmin Li, Haifeng Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
tea consumption
obesity
mendelian randomization analysis
causal association
single nucleotide polymorphism
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.795049/full

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