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Genetically predicted cognitive performance and risk of meniscal derangement: A 2-sample Mendelian randomization study.
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The causal relationship between cognitive performance and meniscal derangement is unclear. This study aims to investigate the potential genetic association between cognitive performance and meniscal derangement. We conducted a 2-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis utilizing summary-level data from extensive genome-wide association studies. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) achieving genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10-8) were employed as instrumental variables for each exposure. The inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method served as the principal statistical technique, complemented by the weighted median, MR-Egger regression, and MR-PRESSO methods for sensitivity analyses, accommodating some of the assumptions inherent in IVs. Genetically predicted cognitive performance was inversely correlated with the odds of meniscal derangement. However, the MR-Egger regression analysis did not show a statistically significant association. The IVW method yielded an odds ratio (OR) of 0.76 (95% CI: 0.66-0.88, P = .0002) per standard deviation increase in genetically predicted cognitive performance. The weighted median method showed a directionally consistent association (OR = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.67-0.98, P = .030). Additionally, no evidence of directional horizontal pleiotropy was detected using the MR-Egger intercept (P > .05). Significant heterogeneity was observed across SNP-specific estimates (P < .05). This 2-sample MR study suggests that higher genetically predicted cognitive performance is associated with a lower risk of meniscal derangement. Further studies are warranted to validate this association and clarify the underlying neurocognitive and musculoskeletal mechanisms.
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