基因预测的甲状腺功能低下症,甲状腺激素治疗和心血管疾病的风险:一个门德尔的随机化研究
Shuaidan Zhang1, Hangtian Yu1, Yan Zhao1
1Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, People's Republic of China.
BMC cardiovascular disorders
|September 10, 2024
概括
甲状腺功能低下会增加心肌梗塞的风险. 用于甲状腺激素替代的levothyroxine治疗也可能增加心肌梗塞和心力衰竭的风险.
科学领域:
- 心血管疾病流行病学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 遗传流行病学遗传流行病学
背景情况:
- 甲状腺功能低下症及其用levothyroxine治疗是常见的.
- 心血管疾病 (CVD) 是一个主要的健康问题.
- 甲状腺功能低下症,勒沃西治疗和心血管疾病风险之间的因果关系需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 研究甲状腺功能低下症和levothyroxine治疗对心肌梗塞,心力衰竭和心脏死亡风险的因果关系.
- 使用门德尔的随机化来评估这些关联,并考虑潜在的混因素.
主要方法:
- 采用双样本的孟德尔随机化分析,使用与甲状腺功能低下症,levothyroxine治疗和心血管结果相关的遗传变异.
- 作为主要分析方法的反变差加权.
- 通过MR-Egger回归,Cochran的Q测试,以及对强度进行一次排除分析;通过多变量MR和调解分析来解决混和调解途径.
主要成果:
- 基因预测的甲状腺功能低下症与心肌梗塞风险增加有很强的关联 (OR:15.11).
- 利沃甲氧治疗与心肌梗塞 (OR: 3.75) 和心力衰竭 (OR: 2.16) 的更高风险显著相关.
- 甲状腺功能低下症和心力衰竭风险之间,或两种情况和心脏死亡风险之间没有发现显著的关联. 心房动和中风被确定为可能的调解者,为levothyroxine治疗效果.
结论:
- 甲状腺功能低下症与心肌梗塞的风险增加有关.
- 利沃甲氧治疗可能会增加心肌梗塞和心力衰竭的风险.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明这些发现的机制和临床影响.
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