Causal relationships between obesity-related anthropometric indicators and sepsis risk: a Mendelian-randomization study
This MR study revealed that increases in obesity-related anthropometric indicators had causal associations with a higher risk of sepsis, which might provide important insights for the identification of individuals at risk for sepsis in community and hospital settings.
Authors
- Xi Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5540-6484)
- Jiajia Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7080-9001)
- Chuchu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7771-4456)
- Xiaochuang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4281-5756)
- Xiao-Ming Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8629-7188)
- Jiamei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8460-6282)
- Jueheng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-5756)
- Guorong Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7095-3331)
- Hua Lei
- Gang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0252-488X)
Institutions
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1433754
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77