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The causal effect of educational attainment on stress urinary incontinence: a two-sample mendelian randomization study.

Authors :
Zhang, Shufei
Chen, Mao
Liu, Jianfeng
Yang, Lian
Li, Hanyue
Hong, Li
Source :
BMC Women's Health; 11/2/2023, p1-7, 7p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is characterized by involuntary urine leakage in response to increased abdominal pressure, such as coughing, laughing, or sneezing. It significantly affects women's quality of life and imposes a substantial disease burden. While pregnancy and childbirth have been previously identified as risk factors for SUI, educational attainment may also play a role. Therefore, this paper investigates the causal relationship between educational attainment and SUI using two-sample Mendelian randomization (TSMR) analysis, years of schooling (YOS), and college or university degree (CUD) as proxies. Methods: Summary statistics of YOS, CUD, and SUI were obtained from genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and TSMR analysis was applied to explore potential causal relationships between them. Causal effects were mainly estimated using the standard inverse variance weighting (IVW) method, and complementary and sensitivity analyses were also performed using multiple methods. Results: The results indicate that both YOS (OR = 0.994, 95% CI: 0.992–0.996; P = 7.764E-10) and CUD (OR = 0.987, 95% CI: 0.983–0.991; P = 1.217E-09) may have a negative causal effect on SUI. Conclusions: Improving educational attainment may go some way towards reducing the risk of SUI. Therefore, it is important to increase efforts to improve the imbalance in educational development and safeguard women's health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14726874
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
BMC Women's Health
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
173395536
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02724-2