Leisure television watching exerts a causal effect on gastroesophageal reflux disease: evidence from a two-step mendelian randomization study
Our findings revealed a causal relationship between leisure television watching and an increased risk of GERD, notably, the causal effect was partially mediated by cigarettes smoked per day. These findings may inform prevention and management strategies directed toward GERD.
Authors
- Songping Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-6903)
- Zhihao Nie
- Qinglu Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9412-9385)
- Yi Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6753-1628)
Institutions
- Wuhan University (CN)
- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Genomics
- Published
- 2024-08-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-024-01986-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.46
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province