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ArticleInternational journal of women's health2025

Causal Relationships Among Lifestyle, Lipidome, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Xiaoping Kou, Xiao Jing

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Xiaoping KouReproductive Medicine Department, Xi'an Gaoxin Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710075, People's Republic of China.
Xiao JingReproductive Medicine Department, Xi'an Gaoxin Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710075, People's Republic of China.

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Background: Lifestyle interventions often influence lipid levels in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), thereby modulating disease progression. However, whether lipid levels play a mediating role remains unclear. Objective: To investigate causal associations between lifestyle, lipidome, and PCOS, as well as mediating role of lipidome. Methods: This study employed a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, with lifestyle and lipidome as exposures and PCOS as outcome. A two-step MR approach was used to assess mediating role of lipidome. Inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method was primarily applied, and sensitivity analyses were conducted to test robustness of results. Results: Overall physical activity time (OR = 0.590, 95% CI: 0.394-0.882, Conclusion: This study revealed causal associations between overall physical activity time, leisure screen time, and PCOS, and identified mediating role of TAG (50:1) levels. These findings provide scientific insights for lifestyle management in PCOS patients.

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lifestylelipidomemendelian randomizationpolycystic ovary syndrome

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