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ArticleFood science & nutrition2026

Causal Effect of Dietary Patterns on Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Yong Zeng, Ziqian Zhao, Hongyan Liu, Yijun Zeng, Song Xu, Shanjing Nie

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Yong ZengDepartment of Neurosurgery The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Pidu District People's Hospital Chengdu Sichuan China.
Ziqian ZhaoInstitute of Brain Science and Brain-inspired Research Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences Jinan Shandong China.
Hongyan LiuDepartment of Neurology The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Pidu District People's Hospital Chengdu Sichuan China.
Yijun ZengDepartment of Neurosurgery The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Pidu District People's Hospital Chengdu Sichuan China.
Song XuDepartment of Geriatric Neurology, Anti-Aging Monitoring Laboratory Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University Jinan Shandong China.
Shanjing NieDepartment of Geriatric Neurology, Anti-Aging Monitoring Laboratory Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University Jinan Shandong China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5145-5430

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While emerging observational evidence suggests associations between dietary factors and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), the causal nature of these relationships remains unestablished. This study employed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) framework to investigate genetically predicted causal effects of dietary patterns on neuroimaging markers of CSVD. We utilized Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) summary statistics from European-ancestry cohorts for 32 dietary exposures and four CSVD phenotypes: white matter hyperintensities (WMH), lacunar strokes (LS), enlarged perivascular spaces (PVS), and brain microbleeds (BMB). Specifically, WMH volume, fractional anisotropy (FA), and mean diffusivity (MD) are indicators related to WMH. Genetic instruments (single-nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs) were rigorously selected using genome-wide significance thresholds (

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causal associationcerebral small vessel diseasedietary intakeMendelian randomization

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