Open AccessThe Causal Relationship Between Body Mass Index and the Risk of Osteoarthritis
Author(s) -
Yi He,
Cong Zheng,
Minhui He,
Jianrong Huang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s314180
Subject(s) - mendelian randomization , medicine , body mass index , confidence interval , odds ratio , single nucleotide polymorphism , genome wide association study , linkage disequilibrium , osteoarthritis , pleiotropy , oncology , genetics , pathology , genetic variants , genotype , biology , alternative medicine , gene , phenotype
The study aimed to explore the causal effect of body mass index (BMI) on osteoarthritis.