Author:
Liang Ling-Bo,Liu Xiang-Ping,Mao Ting-Rui,Su Qiao-Li
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Hepatitis is a systemic disease that often results in various comorbidities. Meta-bolic disorders, the most common comorbidities in clinical practice, were selected for this study.
AIM
To investigate the causal relationship between comorbidities and hepatitis trea-tment outcomes.
METHODS
A total of 23583378 single nucleotide polymorphisms from 1248743 cases and related summaries of genome-wide association studies were obtained from online public databases. A two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) was performed to investigate causality between exposure [type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), hyperlipidemia, and hypertension] and outcome (chronic hepatitis B or C in-fections).
RESULTS
The data supported the causal relationship between comorbidities and hepatitis infections, which will affect the severity of hepatitis progression and will also provide a reference for clinical researchers. All three exposures showed a link with progression of both hepatitis B (T2D, P = 0.851; hyperlipidemia, P = 0.596; and hypertension, P = 0.346) and hepatitis C (T2D, P = 0.298; hyperlipidemia, P = 0.141; and hypertension, P = 0.035).
CONCLUSION
The results of MR support a possible causal relationship between different ex-posures (T2D, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension) and chronic hepatitis progression; however, the potential mechanisms still need to be elucidated.
Publisher
Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
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