Open AccessAssessing the Associations of Growth Differentiation Factor 15 with Rheumatic Diseases Using Genetic Data
Author(s) -
Ding Ye,
Bin Liu,
Zhixing He,
Lin Huang,
Qian Yu,
Keding Shao,
Chengping Wen,
Yingying Mao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s305024
Subject(s) - medicine , computational biology , bioinformatics , biology
To investigate the potential causal associations of circulating levels of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) with the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using a Mendelian randomization (MR) design.