Assessing the Causal Relationship between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Tuberculosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study
This Mendelian randomization analysis found that COPD may increase the risk of tuberculosis, while tuberculosis does not increase the risk of COPD, suggesting the necessity of enhancing prevention and screening efforts for tuberculosis among COPD patients, especially younger individuals.
Authors
- Yiwu Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6061-6769)
- Yanqi He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9548-6506)
- Zhuo Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9482-4486)
- Shuang Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5319-4363)
Institutions
- Sichuan University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of COPD
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s511734
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province