Medicine

Possible links between sleep problems and endometriosis from genetic analysis

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Abstract

Essence

Genetic evidence suggested insomnia may increase the risk of endometriosis, while other sleep traits did not show causal associations.

Evidence

This bidirectional two-sample study found insomnia associated with endometriosis by inverse variance weighting (OR 2.021, 95% CI 1.280-3.192, P = .003) and tested multivariable adjustment for BMI, alcohol intake, smoking, and depression.

Caveat

Mendelian randomization depends on genetic-instrument assumptions and did not identify causal associations for chronotype, sleep duration, daytime napping, or daytime sleepiness.

Simplified

Key numbers

2.021
Increase in Endometriosis Risk
for insomnia's effect on endometriosis

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