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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

The Association Between Psoriasis and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis.

Ning Gao, Minjian Kong, Xuebiao Li, Xian Zhu, Dongdong Wei, Ming Ni, Yifan Wang, Ze Hong, Aiqiang Dong

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ning GaoDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Minjian KongDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xuebiao LiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xian ZhuDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Dongdong WeiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Ming NiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yifan WangDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Ze HongDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Aiqiang DongDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: A large number of observational studies showed that patients with psoriasis have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but most studies did not fully adjust for confounding factors, so it is not clear whether the risk of CVD is directly attributed to psoriasis. We used Mendelian randomization (MR) to evaluate the potential causal relationship between psoriasis and CVD. Methods: We used genetic instruments from the genome-wide association study (GWAS) of European descent for psoriasis to investigate its relationship with CVD. Inverse variance-weighted (IVW) MR analyses were used for the primary analysis. In addition, a variety of other methods were used to replicate the analysis. Results: The fixed-effects IVW method indicated that genetic susceptibility to psoriasis was associated with a higher risk of heart failure (HF) [odds ratio (OR) = 1.04; 95% CI, 1.01-1.06, P = 2.72E-03], atrial fibrillation (AF) (OR = 1.04; 95% CI, 1.02-1.07, P = 3.27E-04), myocardial infarction (MI) (OR = 1.07; 95% CI, 1.01-1.12, P = 0.01), valvular heart disease (VHD) (OR = 1.001; 95% CI, 1.000-1.002, P = 1.85E-03), and large artery stroke (LAS) (OR = 1.11; 95% CI, 1.05-1.18, P = 5.37E-04) but not with the other two subtypes of ischemic stroke (IS) [cardioembolic stroke (CES) (OR = 1.03; 95% CI, 0.98-1.07, P = 0.27) and small vessel stroke (SVS) (OR = 1.00; 95% CI, 0.95-1.07), P = 0.88)]. Sensitivity analysis found weak evidence of horizontal diversity and heterogeneity to ensure the stability of the results. Conclusion: Our study provided evidence for a potential causal link between psoriasis and CVD. These findings partly suggest that early monitoring of cardiovascular risk in patients with psoriasis is intentional.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesPsoriasisStrokeGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMendelian Randomization AnalysisPolymorphism, Single Nucleotidecardiovascular diseasegenome-wide association study (GWAS)Mendelian randomization (MR)psoriasisthe causal link

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