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Association between hypertension and frozen shoulder: A bidirectional two-sample mendelian randomization study.

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Τίτλος: Association between hypertension and frozen shoulder: A bidirectional two-sample mendelian randomization study.
Συγγραφείς: Hua D; Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Fenghua Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China., Chen Y, Wang L, Li N, Xu X
Πηγή: Medicine [Medicine (Baltimore)] 2026 Sep 25; Vol. 105 (39), pp. e50925.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2985248R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1536-5964 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00257974 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Medicine (Baltimore) Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: Hagerstown, Md : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Hypertension*/genetics , Hypertension*/complications , Hypertension*/epidemiology , Bursitis*/genetics , Bursitis*/epidemiology , Mendelian Randomization Analysis*, Humans ; Genome-Wide Association Study ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Risk Factors
Περίληψη: Observational studies have suggested a potential association between hypertension and frozen shoulder. This study aims to elucidate the causal dynamics of this relationship using a bidirectional 2-sample Mendelian randomization approach. We analyzed data on hypertension (N = 484,598) and frozen shoulder (N = 627,998) from the IEU Open genome-wide association study database. Instrumental variables were carefully selected to ensure robust correlation and minimize linkage disequilibrium. The primary analysis was conducted using the inverse variance-weighted (IVW) method. Additional analyses, including the Weighted Median, MR-Egger, Simple Model, and Weighted Model, were performed to further assess causal effects. We conducted heterogeneity and pleiotropy tests, along with a leave-one-out analysis, to evaluate the stability of our findings. Our analysis revealed that individuals with hypertension have a significantly increased risk of developing frozen shoulder (IVW: odds ratio = 1.749, 95% CI: 1.275-2.399, P = 5.239*10-4). Conversely, reverse Mendelian randomization analysis showed no significant association between frozen shoulder and the risk of hypertension (IVW: odds ratio = 1.006, 95% CI: 0.991-1.021, P = .426). Our findings confirm that hypertension is associated with an increased risk of frozen shoulder, while the reverse does not hold. Patients with hypertension should be informed of this potential risk and consider preventive strategies against the development of frozen shoulder.
(Copyright © 2026 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, LLC.)
Competing Interests: The authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to declare.
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Shoulder Elbow. 2017 Apr;9(2):75-84. (PMID: 28405218)
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Contributed Indexing: Keywords: causality; frozen shoulder; hypertension; mendelian randomization
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DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000050925
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