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Background: The association between depression and musculoskeletal diseases has long been a subject of contentious debate. However, the causal relationship between the two remains uncertain. This study employs a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to investigate the causality between depression and six musculoskeletal diseases. Methods: In this study, we performed MR analysis to systematically explore the causal relationship between depression and six musculoskeletal disorders. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are linked to depression were employed as instrumental variables. To ensure robust and reliable conclusions, multiple analytical approaches were utilized, including inverse variance weighting(IVW), weighted median, and MR-Egger regression. Additionally, sensitivity analysis methods such as the MR-Egger intercept test, Cochran's Q test, leave-one-out analysis, and funnel plot were employed. Results: Our MR analysis revealed a significant association between depression and cervical spondylosis (depression: OR 1.003, 95% CI 1.002-1.005, P = 8.32E-05; major depressive disorder: OR 1.003, 95% CI 1.001-1.005, P = 0.0052). Furthermore, a strong correlation was noted between major depressive disorder (MDD) and knee osteoarthritis (KOA) (OR 1.299, 95% CI 1.154-1.463, P = 1.50E-5). Sensitivity analysis confirmed the robustness of these findings. Our independent validation study also corroborated these results. Conclusion: The MR analysis conducted in this study provides evidence supporting a genetic link between depression and cervical spondylosis, as well as KOA. Targeted interventions to manage depression in susceptible populations may contribute to lowering the risk of cervical spondylosis and KOA in these cohorts.
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To improve the robustness of near infrared (NIR) identification models for the milk adulteration, a novel approach was explored based on asynchronous two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS) slice spectra obtained at characteristic wavebands for pure milk and adulterant combined with an N-way partial least squares discriminant analysis (NPLS-DA). NIR diffuse reflectance spectra from four different brands, Guangming (GM), Mengniu (MN), Sanyuan (SY), and Wandashan (WDS), were collected in range of 11,000 to 4000 cm-1. Influence of brands on discrimination models for adulterated milk was analyzed. The asynchronous 2D-COS slice spectra at 10 characteristics wavebands, including 4 wavebands for pure milk and 6 wavebands for urea, were input into NPLS-DA to construct discriminant models. External validations using five independent calibration sets from intrabrand or interbrand were established. The same prediction set of 26 SY samples was used to assess the prediction ability of different calibration sets and compared with traditional one-dimensional (1D) NIR spectra based on a partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). It showed that for intrabrand model, the correct rates for the calibration and predication sets were 100% and 96.15%, respectively. For the interbrand model, the correct rates by the NPLS-DA for the calibration set of GM, MN, and WDS milk were both 100%. The corresponding rates for the prediction set were 73%, 88.46% and 69.23%, respectively, which were much higher than those of PLS-DA (only 50%, 53.83% and 50%, respectively). It was proven that model robustness was sensitive to changes in the milk brands. The proposed method can effectively reduce the influence of brands on the discrimination models.