Although this pattern of inconsistent mediation did not reach statistical significance in the Sobel test, it suggests that IL‐1RA may influence susceptibility to SS through competing biological pathways.
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Genetic Evidence Implicating Gut Microbiota and Circulating Cytokines in Sjögren's Syndrome.
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Fourth, although the Sobel test did not achieve significance, likely due to sample size limitations inherent to two‐step MR, the effect estimates themselves warrant mechanistic hypotheses deserving further exploration.