Assessing the causal relationships between gout and hypertension: a bidirectional Mendelian randomisation study with coarsened exposures.

Objectives: Observational studies have demonstrated associations between gout and hypertension, but whether they are causal remains unclear. Our work aims to assess the causal relationship between gout and hypertension.

Methods: We obtained genetic information from the Taiwan Biobank, including 88,347 participants and 686,439 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).