The causal effect of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy: a Mendelian randomization study
Abstract Background Previous research showed that there is an important association between glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy (DR). However, the relationship has not been clarified. In this study, we attempted to evaluate it. Methods We conducted bidirectional Two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR)...
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| description | Abstract Background Previous research showed that there is an important association between glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy (DR). However, the relationship has not been clarified. In this study, we attempted to evaluate it. Methods We conducted bidirectional Two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR), Multivariable Mendelian randomization (MVMR), and Mediation analysis. The Inverse-variance-weighted method was adopted as the main MR method, supplemented by MR-Egger, weighted median, weighted mode, and simple mode. Results The results of forward MR analysis suggested that glaucoma [p = 0.001, odds ratio (OR) = 1.080] and intraocular pressure (IOP) (p = 0.019, OR = 1.100) as risk factors for DR. The reverse MR found that DR was a risk factor for glaucoma (p = 0.039, OR = 1.024) and IOP (p = 0.010, OR = 1.057). The results of MVMR analysis demonstrated that glaucoma (p = 0.046, OR = 1.069) remained an independent risk factor for DR. The bidirectional relationship between glaucoma and DR is mediated by IOP, according to the results of the Two-step MR analysis. Besides, glaucoma contributed to the positive causal link that exists between IOP and DR. Conclusion The findings demonstrated a reciprocal causal link between glaucoma and DR, with a possible mediating function for IOP. Moreover, glaucoma played an important mediator of IOP as a risk factor for DR. It offers recommendations for the early prevention of both DR and glaucoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-98653dc63855409794e2be1e9df36afc2025-08-20T03:05:45ZengBMCDiabetology & Metabolic Syndrome1758-59962025-03-011711810.1186/s13098-025-01652-5The causal effect of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy: a Mendelian randomization studyShuyun Chen0Ming Lin1Yu Hong2Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityAbstract Background Previous research showed that there is an important association between glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy (DR). However, the relationship has not been clarified. In this study, we attempted to evaluate it. Methods We conducted bidirectional Two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR), Multivariable Mendelian randomization (MVMR), and Mediation analysis. The Inverse-variance-weighted method was adopted as the main MR method, supplemented by MR-Egger, weighted median, weighted mode, and simple mode. Results The results of forward MR analysis suggested that glaucoma [p = 0.001, odds ratio (OR) = 1.080] and intraocular pressure (IOP) (p = 0.019, OR = 1.100) as risk factors for DR. The reverse MR found that DR was a risk factor for glaucoma (p = 0.039, OR = 1.024) and IOP (p = 0.010, OR = 1.057). The results of MVMR analysis demonstrated that glaucoma (p = 0.046, OR = 1.069) remained an independent risk factor for DR. The bidirectional relationship between glaucoma and DR is mediated by IOP, according to the results of the Two-step MR analysis. Besides, glaucoma contributed to the positive causal link that exists between IOP and DR. Conclusion The findings demonstrated a reciprocal causal link between glaucoma and DR, with a possible mediating function for IOP. Moreover, glaucoma played an important mediator of IOP as a risk factor for DR. It offers recommendations for the early prevention of both DR and glaucoma.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-025-01652-5Diabetic retinopathyMendelian randomizationGlaucomaIntraocular pressureRetinal nerve fiber layer |
| spellingShingle | Shuyun Chen Ming Lin Yu Hong The causal effect of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy: a Mendelian randomization study Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome Diabetic retinopathy Mendelian randomization Glaucoma Intraocular pressure Retinal nerve fiber layer |
| title | The causal effect of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy: a Mendelian randomization study |
| title_full | The causal effect of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy: a Mendelian randomization study |
| title_fullStr | The causal effect of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy: a Mendelian randomization study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The causal effect of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy: a Mendelian randomization study |
| title_short | The causal effect of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy: a Mendelian randomization study |
| title_sort | causal effect of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy a mendelian randomization study |
| topic | Diabetic retinopathy Mendelian randomization Glaucoma Intraocular pressure Retinal nerve fiber layer |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-025-01652-5 |
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