Ankylosing spondylitis and glaucoma in European population: A Mendelian randomization study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and glaucoma in the European population remains unclear. In the present study, we applied a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) method to investigate their causal relationship.

Methods

MR analysis was conducted to validate the causal associations between AS with glaucoma using summary statistics from the genome-wide association studies of AS (9,069 cases and 13,578 control subjects) and glaucoma (8,591 cases and 210,201 control subjects). The inverse variance weighting method was performed to evaluate the causal relationship. The MR-Egger regression approach was applied to assess pleiotropy, while Cochran's Q test was used to analyze heterogeneity. Subgroup analysis was performed according to primary open-an

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067563 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature