饮食和血栓塞栓症之间的因果关系:一个双样本的门德尔随机化研究
Shuanghui Hu1, Hanlin Li1, Lujie Wu1
1Emergency Center, Anxi County Hospital, Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
Medicine
|December 16, 2025
概括
某些饮食可能会影响静脉血栓栓塞 (VTE) 的风险. 这项研究使用了门德尔的随机化来探索饮食和VTE之间的遗传联系,发现某些食物的保护作用和火腿的风险增加. 饮食调整可能有助于预防VTE.
科学领域:
- 心血管流行病学心血管流行病学
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 遗传流行病学遗传流行病学
背景情况:
- 饮食习惯与心血管疾病有关,包括静脉血栓塞栓症 (VTE).
- 饮食和VTE风险之间的因果关系需要进一步调查.
- 了解这些联系对于VTE预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查各种饮食摄入量与静脉血栓塞栓症 (VTE) 风险之间的潜在因果关系.
- 使用强大的双样本门德尔随机化 (MR) 方法来评估饮食和VTE之间的遗传联系.
- 为了确定可能增加或减少VTE风险的特定饮食因素.
主要方法:
- 采用2个样本的门德尔随机化 (MR) 设计,使用来自英国生物银行和FinnGen的全基因组关联研究 (GWAS) 数据.
- 作为主要的MR分析方法,采用逆变量加权 (IVW).
- 进行了敏感性分析,包括科克兰Q测试,MR-Egger拦截和留出一个的分析,以评估异质性和性.
主要成果:
- 鉴定了8种与减少VTE风险相关的饮食因素:黑胡,,咖,桃,,鱼,鱼,沙丁鱼和酒精消费.
- 发现火腿的摄入量与VTE的风险增加有显著关联.
- 观察到特定食物偏好 (奶酪蛋糕,加糖咖啡,菜) 与肺栓塞和深静脉血栓形成的风险之间的关联.
结论:
- MR 分析支持某些饮食习惯与VTE 发展之间存在遗传因果关系.
- 饮食修改,包括增加鱼类和植物性食品的消费和减少火腿的摄入量,可能在VTE预防中发挥作用.
- 需要进一步研究特定的饮食成分及其对VTE病原性的影响.
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