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Trial reportFrontiers in public health2023

The causal relationship between gut microbiota and type 2 diabetes: a two-sample Mendelian randomized study.

Kewang Sun, Yan Gao, Huaqing Wu, Xiangyan Huang

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kewang SunSchool of Medical Laboratory, Weifang Medical College, Weifang, China.
Yan GaoDepartment of General Medicine, The 960th Hospital of the PLA Jonit Logistics Support Force, Jinan, China.
Huaqing WuSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China.
Xiangyan HuangDepartment of Blood Transfusion, The 960th Hospital of the PLA Jonit Logistics Support Force, Jinan, China.
People's Liberation Army 401 Hospital · CNBeijing Technology and Business University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a commonly observed metabolic anomaly globally, and as of the present time, there's no recognized solution. There is an increasing body of evidence from numerous observational studies indicating a significant correlation between gut flora and metabolic disease progression, particularly in relation to T2DM. Despite this, the direct impact of gut microbiota on T2DM isn't fully understood yet. Methods: The summary statistical figures for intestinal microbiota were sourced from the MiBioGen consortium, while the summary statistical data for T2DM were gathered from the Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) database. These datasets were used to execute a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) investigation. The Inverse Variance Weighted (IVW), Maximum Likelihood, MR-Egger, Weighted Median, and Weighted Models strategies were employed to assess the impact of gut microbiota on T2DM. Findings were primarily obtained using the IVW technique. Techniques like MR-Egger were employed to identify the occurrence of horizontal pleiotropy among instrumental variables. Meanwhile, Cochran's Q statistical measures were utilized to assess the variability or heterogeneity within these instrumental variables. Results: The outcomes from the IVW analysis demonstrated that the genus Conclusion: This MR study relies on genetic variation tools to confirm the causal effect of genus

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeClinical RelevanceGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMendelian Randomization AnalysisRisk Factorscausal inferencegenetic variationgut microbiotaMendelian randomized studytype 2 diabetes

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PMID37808975
PMCPMC10556527
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