Tea consumption and risk of lung diseases: a two‑sample Mendelian randomization study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous studies have reported the association between tea intake and lung diseases. However, the probable relationship between tea consumption on lung diseases still remain controversial and it is unclear whether these findings are due to reverse causality or confounding factor.

Methods

In order to systematically investigate the causal connection between tea intake on respiratory system disorders, we employed a two-sample Mendelian randomized (MR) study. Genetic instruments for tea intake were identified from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) involving 447,385 individuals. Data on lung diseases were collected from a variety of publicly available genome-wide association studies. The main method used for MR analysis is the inverse variance weighting (IVW) meth

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10664472 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature