Causal relationship between periodontal disease-related phenotype and knee osteoarthritis: A two-sample mendelian randomization analysis.

PLoS One · 2024 · PMC11142551 · PMID 38820296

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While smoking showed a potential trend towards increasing periodontal disease risk (β = 2.248, SE = 1.853, p = 0.225), it did not reach statistical significance.

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