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Table 1 The list of abbreviations used in the text

From: Causal association between body mass index and temporomandibular disorders: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis

Abbreviation

Definition

BMI

Body mass index

DC/TMD

Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders

GWAS

Genome-wide association studies

IL-1B

Interleukin-1 Beta

IVs

Instrumental variables

IVW

Inverse-variance weighted

MMP-3

Matrix metalloproteinase-3

MR

Mendelian randomization

MR-PRESSO

Mendelian randomized polymorphism RESidual Sum and Outlier

RCTs

Randomized controlled trials

SNPs

Single nucleotide polymorphisms

TMDs

Temporomandibular disorders

TMJ

Temporomandibular joint