吸烟,饮酒和上尿路结石风险之间的因果关系:来自孟德尔随机化研究的见解
Li Wang1, Shan Yin1, Kun-Peng Li2
1Department of Urology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China.
Frontiers in genetics
|December 18, 2023
概括
较低的酒精消费可能会降低上尿路结石的风险,而吸烟没有显著的联系. 门德尔随机化 (MR) 分析研究了生活方式因素和结石形成.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
背景情况:
- 由于混因素,观察性研究显示吸烟,酒精和上尿路结石之间的联系不确定.
- 门德尔随机化 (MR) 提供了一种方法,通过使用遗传变异作为工具变量来调查潜在的因果关系.
- 了解这些生活方式的关联对于公共卫生和预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过双样本的门德尔随机化,研究吸烟和饮酒之间的因果关系以及上尿路结石的风险.
- 为了区分各种吸烟指标 (每天吸烟,开始,终身指数) 和酒精摄入模式 (每周饮料,频率) 的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用了两样单变量和多变量门德尔随机化 (MR) 方法.
- 采用基因组广泛关联研究 (GWAS) 对生活方式因素和上尿路结石的总结统计数据,这些数据来自FinnGen和英国生物银行.
- 应用逆变量加权 (IVW) 方法,使用包括MR-Egger和MR-PRESSO在内的灵敏度分析来评估变性和异质性.
主要成果:
- 减少酒精消费 (每周饮料) 与上尿路结石风险降低显著相关 (OR=0.6).
- 较高的酒精摄入频率与上尿路结石风险增加有显著的关联 (OR=1.27).
- 在吸烟指标 (开始,每天吸烟,终身指数) 和上尿路结石风险之间没有发现显著的因果关系. 对BMI和教育进行调整后,酒精频率变得无意义.
结论:
- 较低的每周酒精消费因果关系与上尿路结石风险的降低有关.
- 吸烟对上尿路结石风险的直接因果作用没有得到这项MR分析的支持.
- 饮酒频率与上尿路结石风险之间的关联可能会被BMI和教育等因素所混.
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