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Causal Associations Between Educational Attainment and 14 Urological and Reproductive Health Outcomes: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

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机构: [1]Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, [2]West China Biomedical Big Data Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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关键词: educational attainment Mendelian randomization urology reproductive health oncology

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Background: The impact of educational attainment (EA) on multiple urological and reproductive health outcomes has been explored in observational studies. Here we used Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate whether EA has causal effects on 14 urological and reproductive health outcomes. Methods: We obtained summary statistics for EA and 14 urological and reproductive health outcomes from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). MR analyses were applied to explore the potential causal association between EA and them. Inverse variance weighted was the primary analytical method. Results: Genetically predicted one standard deviation (SD) increase in EA was causally associated with a higher risk of prostate cancer [odds ratio (OR) 1.14, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.05-1.25, P = 0.003] and a reduced risk of kidney stone (OR 0.73, 95% CI 0.62-0.87, P < 0.001) and cystitis (OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.67-0.86, P < 0.001) after Bonferroni correction. EA was also suggestively correlated with a lower risk of prostatitis (OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.59-0.98, P = 0.037) and incontinence (OR 0.64, 95% CI 0.47-0.87, P = 0.004). For the bioavailable testosterone levels and infertility, sex-specific associations were observed, with genetically determined increased EA being related to higher levels of testosterone in men (β 0.07, 95% CI 0.04-0.10, P < 0.001), lower levels of testosterone in women (β -0.13, 95% CI-0.16 to-0.11, P < 0.001), and a lower risk of infertility in women (OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.64-0.86, P < 0.001) but was not related to male infertility (OR 0.79, 95% CI 0.52-1.20, P = 0.269) after Bonferroni correction. For bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testicular cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and erectile dysfunction, no causal effects were observed. Conclusions: EA plays a vital role in urological diseases, especially in non-oncological outcomes and reproductive health. These findings should be verified in further studies when GWAS data are sufficient.Copyright © 2021 Wang, Jian, Gao, Yuan, Jin, Li and Wang.

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大类 | 3 区 医学
小类 | 3 区 公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生
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大类 | 3 区 医学
小类 | 3 区 公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生
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第一作者机构: [1]Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,
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