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ArticleHuman genomics2023

The causal relationship between COVID-19 and seventeen common digestive diseases: a two-sample, multivariable Mendelian randomization study.

Zhiqi Wang, Huanyu Zhou, Shurui Zhang, Fei Wang, Haishan Huang

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Article in Human genomics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zhiqi WangJiangnan University Affiliated Wuxi Fifth People's Hospital, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China.
Huanyu ZhouJiangnan University Affiliated Wuxi Second People's Hospital, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China.
Shurui ZhangThe Shangyou People's Hospital, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi, China.
Fei WangJiangnan University Affiliated Wuxi Fifth People's Hospital, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China.
Haishan HuangThe Affiliated Suqian Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Suqian, 223800, Jiangsu, China. huanghs202211@163.com.
Jiangnan University · CNGanzhou People's Hospital · CNWuxi People's Hospital · CNXuzhou Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn clinical practice, digestive symptoms such as nausea, vomiting are frequently observed in COVID-19 patients. However, the causal relationship between COVID-19 and digestive diseases remains unclear.

methodsWe extracted single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with the severity of COVID-19 from summary data of genome-wide association studies. Summary statistics of common digestive diseases were primarily obtained from the UK Biobank study and the FinnGen study. Two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses were then conducted using the inverse variance-weighted (IVW), Mendelian randomization-Egger regression (MR Egger), weighted median estimation, weighted mode, and simple mode methods. IVW served as the primary analysis method, and Multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis was employed to explore the mediating effect of body mass index (BMI) and type 2 diabetes.

resultsMR analysis showed that a causal association between SARS-CoV-2 infection (OR = 1.09, 95% CI 1.01-1.18, P = 0.03), severe COVID-19 (OR = 1.02, 95% CI 1.00-1.04, P = 0.02), and COVID-19 hospitalization (OR = 1.04, 95% CI 1.01-1.06, P = 0.01) with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Mediation analysis indicated that body mass index (BMI) served as the primary mediating variable in the causal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and GERD, with BMI mediating 36% (95% CI 20-53%) of the effect.

conclusionsWe found a causal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Furthermore, we found that the causal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and GERD is mainly mediated by BMI.

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COVID-19Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Gastroesophageal RefluxGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMendelian Randomization AnalysisSARS-CoV-2Common digestive diseasesCOVID-19Gastroesophageal reflux diseaseMendelian randomization

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