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Basal metabolic rate is associated with increased risk of gout: a Mendelian randomization study

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All GWAS data used in our study could be downloaded from the IEU Open GWAS Project (https://gwas.mrcieu.ac.uk).

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The authors thank the Neale Lab, MRC-IEU, Sakaue S. et al., and Köttgen et al. for providing the summary-level data.

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Our work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81873983) and Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (H2019206694).

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    Chenyue Xu, Kehan Li & Fei Wang

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Xu, C., Li, K. & Wang, F. Basal metabolic rate is associated with increased risk of gout: a Mendelian randomization study. Clin Rheumatol 43, 837–838 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-023-06821-3

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