SynthesisHereditas2020
No association between interleukin-18 levels and risk of cardiovascular disease: A Mendelian randomization study.
Synthesis in Hereditas, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cytokine Gene Variants as Predisposing Factors for the Development and Progression of Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review.Biomolecules · 2024Pooled it
- Early Prediction of Septic Shock in Severe COVID-19 Patients: Development and Validation of a Nomogram Model.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- Plasma Levels of Interleukin-6 and -18 Significantly Increase in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.Oman medical journal · 2023Article
- No causal association between COVID-19 and sepsis: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- The Mutual Contribution of 3-NT, IL-18, Albumin, and Phosphate Foreshadows Death of Hemodialyzed Patients in a 2-Year Follow-Up.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Cardiometabolic risk factors for COVID-19 susceptibility and severity: A Mendelian randomization analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveIn this study, Mendelian randomization method was used to determine whether there was a causal association between inflammatory cytokine IL-18 and cardiovascular disease risk.
methodsWe performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the association between IL-18-137G/C and -607C/A polymorphisms and phenotype of IL-18 levels, and also the risks of CVD. All the literatures were searched before September 30, 2019. The logistic regression and linear regression were used to evaluate between IL-18 level and the risk of CVDs.
resultTwelve eligible articles of the association between IL-18-137G/C and CVD risks and 8 eligible literatures related to IL-18-607C/A and CVD risks; 2 qualified literatures of the association between IL-18 SNPs and IL-18 levels and 4 eligible literatures related to IL-18 levels and CVD risks. Data of 4 literatures on the correlation between IL-18 level and CVD were summarized. Compared with patients with CVD, the mean of IL-18 level in the normal group was significantly decreased by 50.844 pg/ml (P < 0.05). But the association between IL-18-137G/C, IL-18-607C/A and CVD were not significant (P > 0.05), and the association between IL-18-607C/A and IL-18 level was also not significant (P > 0.05), Mendelian randomization study was failed to prove the association between IL-18 level and CVD risk.
conclusionThis study does not support a causal association between IL-18 level and the risks of CVD.
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