Investigating the causal relationship between physical activity and incident knee osteoarthritis: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Abstract There is evidence that physical activity (PA) has a long-term positive impact on disease. Whether PA is a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis (OA) is still controversial. The purpose of this study was to explore whether there is a causal relationship between PA and knee OA. We extracted PA...

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Main Authors: Liufang Huang, Yuling Zhang, Qian Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52175-4