Does androgenic alopecia aggravate the risk of prostate cancer? Evidence from Mendelian randomization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiological reports indicate a potential association between androgenic alopecia (AGA) and increased prostate cancer (PC) prevalence, but conflicting reports also exist. This study aims to elucidate the causality of AGA on PC risk using Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.

Materials and methods

Two-sample MR analyses utilized public genome-wide association studies summary data for single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with AGA. Four statistical methods were used: inverse variance weighted (IVW), MR-Egger, weighted median, and weighted mode, with IVW as the preliminary estimation method. Additionally, sensitivity analyses were conducted to address pleiotropic bias.

Results

Genetically proxied AGA did not demonstrate a causal effect on PC risk (IVW

SUBMITTER: Shi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11255885 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature