Periodontitis and Sjogren's syndrome : a bidirectional two-sample mendelian randomization study

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OBJECTIVES: Observational studies indicated a controversial relationship between periodontitis (PD) and Sjogren's syndrome (SS). To overcome restrictions in conventional observational studies, we conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to assess the potential bidirectional relationship between PD and SS.

METHODS: We utilized the largest available genome-wide association study (GWAS) of European ancestry on both PD (17,353 cases-28,210 controls) and SS (2495 cases-365,533 controls) for MR genetic instrument selection. The random-effect inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method complemented by Causal Analysis Using Summary Effect (CAUSE), weighted median, weighted mode, simple mode, MR-Egger regression, and MR-pleiotropy residual sum and outlier (MR-PRESSO) was used for MR analysis. Subsequent pleiotropy and heterogeneity tests were conducted.

RESULTS: IVW analysis exhibited neither an effect of PD on SS (OR = 0.939, 95%CI = 0.525-1.677, P = 0.8304) nor that of SS on PD (OR = 1.007, 95%CI = 0.977-1.038, P = 0.6440). The other five complementary methods further recognized the null association with an effect size close to one. No significant pleiotropy was detected in the relationship between PD and SS (P > 0.05). Heterogeneity existed in the effect of PD on SS but not vice versa.

CONCLUSIONS: No genetic causality between PD and SS or vice versa was supported by our results under MR assumptions and limitations. The study results provided new insights into the relationship between periodontal status and sjogren's syndrome, highlighting the need for a more prudent medical intervention.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC oral health - 24(2024), 1 vom: 25. März, Seite 380

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Yixuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Nuozhou [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Peiyan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Hua, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Causality
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Mendelian randomization
Periodontitis
Sjogren’s syndrome

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Date Completed 27.03.2024

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12903-024-04151-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370180585