Association between gut microbiota and diabetic nephropathy: a mendelian randomization study
Yongxiu Jin,
Chenxi Han,
Dongliang Yang
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundThe correlation between diabetic nephropathy (DN) and gut microbiota (GM) has been suggested in numerous animal experiments and cross-sectional studies. However, a causal association between GM and DN has not been ascertained.MethodsThis research adopted MR analysis to evaluate the causal link between GM and DN derived from data acquired through publicly available genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The study utilized the inverse variance weighted (IVW) approach to assess causal association betwe… Show more
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