2024
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56205-z
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Causal relationship between telomere length and sepsis: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study

Jiamin Xu,
Gehua Zhu,
Hongyan Zhang

Abstract: Numerous observational studies have elucidated a connection between leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and sepsis, yet its fundamental cause remains enigmatic. Thus, the current study’s objective is to employ a bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to scrutinize the causality between LTL and sepsis. We selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with LTL (n = 472,174) and sepsis from a genome-wide association study (GWAS), including Sepsis (n = 486,484, ncase = 11,643), Sepsis (28 day… Show more

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“…The MR analysis operationalized rigorous selection parameters for Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) identification: (i) SNP, to serve as instrumental variables, showcased genome-wide significant associations with the exposure (p < 5 × 10 −8 ). In the reverse analysis, due to the inability to obtain SNPs at the genome-wide significance level for the sepsis phenotype, we adjusted to a more relaxed threshold (p < 5 × 10 −6 ) based on previous MR analysis experience to acquire a sufficient number of SNPs for the analysis (Liu et al, 2024;Xu et al, 2024;Yang et al, 2024). (ii) The selection of SNPs underwent rigorous scrutiny to exclude confounding variable associations and to confirm independence, thus preventing biases due to linkage disequilibrium (r 2 < 0.001, clumping distance = 10,000 kb).…”
Section: Selection Of Genetic Instrumental Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The MR analysis operationalized rigorous selection parameters for Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) identification: (i) SNP, to serve as instrumental variables, showcased genome-wide significant associations with the exposure (p < 5 × 10 −8 ). In the reverse analysis, due to the inability to obtain SNPs at the genome-wide significance level for the sepsis phenotype, we adjusted to a more relaxed threshold (p < 5 × 10 −6 ) based on previous MR analysis experience to acquire a sufficient number of SNPs for the analysis (Liu et al, 2024;Xu et al, 2024;Yang et al, 2024). (ii) The selection of SNPs underwent rigorous scrutiny to exclude confounding variable associations and to confirm independence, thus preventing biases due to linkage disequilibrium (r 2 < 0.001, clumping distance = 10,000 kb).…”
Section: Selection Of Genetic Instrumental Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%