Fig. 1From: Blood glucose and lipids are associated with sarcoidosis: findings from observational and mendelian randomization studiesDesign flowchart of observational and mendelian randomization study. (A) Flowchart of patient determination in the observational study. (B) Flowchart of bidirectional MR study. PSM, propensity score matching. FG, fasting glucose. HDLC, high density lipoprotein cholesterol. LDLC, low density lipoprotein cholesterol. TC, total cholesterol. TG, total triglyceride. MR, mendelian randomization. GWAS, genome-wide summary association study. IVs, instrumental variables. SNP, single nucleotide polymorphismBack to article page