Exploring the Causality Between Body Mass Index and Sepsis: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

• Main Authors: Juntao Wang (Author), Yanlan Hu (Author), Jun Zeng (Author), Quan Li (Author), Lanfen He (Author), Wenjie Hao (Author), Xingyue Song (Author), Shijiao Yan (Author), Chuanzhu Lv (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Observational epidemiological studies have shown a link between obesity and sepsis, but any causal relationship is not clear. Our study aimed to explore the correlation and causal relationship between body mass index and sepsis by a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR).Methods: In larg...