Genetic liability to obesity and peptic ulcer disease: a Mendelian randomization study

Genetic liability to obesity and peptic ulcer disease: a Mendelian randomization study

Abstract Background Epidemiological evidence relating obesity to peptic ulcer disease (PUD) has been mixed. Here we sought to determine the causality in the association of obesity with PUD risk using the Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. Methods This study was based on summary-level data for bo...

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Main Authors: Zhoubin Li, Heng Chen, Ting Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Genomics
Subjects:
Mendelian randomization
Causal association
Body mass index
Waist-to-hip ratio
Peptic ulcer disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-022-01366-x

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