Telomere Length and Hearing Loss: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Observational studies have suggested that there may be an association between telomere length (TL) and hearing loss (HL). However, inferring causality from observational studies is subject to residual confounding effects, reverse causation, and bias. This study adopted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to evaluate the causal relationship between TL and increased risk of HL.

Methods

A total of 16 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with TL were identified from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of 78,592 European participants and applied to our modeling as instrumental variables. Summary-level data for hearing loss (HL), age-related hearing loss (ARHL), and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) were obtained from the rec

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9330868 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature