ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2024
Causal Effects of Basal Metabolic Rate on Cardiovascular Disease: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study.
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- Sex-Specific Basal Metabolic Rate and NAFLD Risk: The Multi-Population Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026Article
- Relationship between childhood obesity and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: a study based on the combination of multiple databases.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Mediating Role of Blood Metabolites in the Relationship Between Immune Cell Traits and Heart Failure: A Mendelian Randomization and Mediation Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Nontraditional Factors Influencing Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Correlation Among Framingham Risk Score, Body Composition Index, and Sleep-Breathing Monitoring Index.Clinical and translational science · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the health effects of basal metabolic rate (BMR), the causal effect of BMR on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remains undetermined. To elucidate the causal nature, Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses were performed. METHODS AND
resultsSummary genome-wide association statistics regarding BMR and 5 CVDs were obtained from European databases. A 2-sample bidirectional MR was performed to assess the causal association between BMR and CVDs. The causal effects were estimated using inverse variance weighting. Simultaneously, multiple sensitivity analyses were performed to validate the robustness and reliability of the results. Our results indicated that genetically predicted BMR was significantly positively associated with the risk of heart failure (odds ratio, 1.53 [95% CI, 1.39-1.67];
conclusionsThe present study provides robust evidence that genetically predicted BMR is independently causally associated with heart failure and atrial fibrillation and flutter but not vice versa. These findings have implications for the prevention and treatment of CVDs in clinical practice.
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