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Lifeng Chen¹, Jiaguo Huang, Ji Sun

¹Department of Urology, Affiliated Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

|December 17, 2024

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Sleep apnea increases the risk of prostatitis. This Mendelian randomization study confirms a causal link between sleep apnea (SA) and prostatitis in European populations, suggesting SA may contribute to prostatitis development.

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Area of Science:

Urology
Genetics
Epidemiology

Background:

Observational studies suggest a correlation between sleep apnea and increased prostatitis risk.
The causal relationship between sleep apnea and prostatitis requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the potential causal relationship between sleep apnea and prostatitis using Mendelian randomization.
To assess whether genetic predisposition to sleep apnea influences the risk of developing prostatitis.

Main Methods:

Utilized two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.
Employed summary-level data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for sleep apnea and prostatitis.
Inverse variance weighted (IVW) analysis was the primary statistical method.

Main Results:

Mendelian randomization analysis indicated a statistically significant causal effect of sleep apnea on the risk of prostatitis.
The estimated odds ratio (OR) for prostatitis associated with sleep apnea was 1.370 (95% CI: 0.094-0.535, P=0.005).

Conclusions:

This study provides genetic evidence supporting a causal relationship between sleep apnea and prostatitis.
Findings suggest that sleep apnea may be a contributing factor to the development of prostatitis in European individuals.