Chen, Yang-ChingYang-ChingChenFan, Hsien-YuHsien-YuFanHuang, Yen-TsungYen-TsungHuangHuang, Shih-YiShih-YiHuangLiou, Tsan-HonTsan-HonLiouYUNG-LING LEE 李永凌2019-07-052019-07-0520190307-0565https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/412796Obesity and asthma are common chronic diseases and have been reported to be mutually causative. We investigated the causal direction of the relationship between adiposity and asthma using genetic markers as instrumental variables (IVs) in bi-directional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.en[SDGs]SDG3allele; allergic asthma; Article; asthma; body fat; body mass; child; childhood obesity; fat free mass; female; gene frequency; genetic variability; genome-wide association study; genotype; human; major clinical study; male; Mendelian randomization analysis; pleiotropy; priority journal; school child; single nucleotide polymorphism; skinfold; waist hip ratio; asthma; childhood obesity; complication; genetics; Mendelian randomization analysis; obesity; odds ratio; Taiwan; Adiposity; Alleles; Asthma; Body Mass Index; Child; Female; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Male; Mendelian Randomization Analysis; Odds Ratio; Pediatric Obesity; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Taiwanjournal article10.1038/s41366-018-0160-8300265892-s2.0-85050299479WOS:000455623700008https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85050299479