Causal relationship between obesity and iron deficiency anemia: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

• Main Authors: Tingting Wang (Author), Qi Gao (Author), Yuanyuan Yao (Author), Ge Luo (Author), Tao Lv (Author), Guangxin Xu (Author), Mingxia Liu (Author), Jingpin Xu (Author), Xuejie Li (Author), Dawei Sun (Author), Zhenzhen Cheng (Author), Ying Wang (Author), Chaomin Wu (Author), Ruiyu Wang (Author), Jingcheng Zou (Author), Min Yan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundObservational studies have suggested an association between obesity and iron deficiency anemia, but such studies are susceptible to reverse causation and residual confounding. Here we used Mendelian randomization to assess whether the association might be causal.MethodsData on single-nucle...