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Mendelian randomization was employed to evaluate the causal relationships between 5 major air pollutants and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Univariate Mendelian randomization (UVMR) was used to test the primary causal relationships, whereas multivariate Mendelian randomization (MVMR) was applied to construct risk-adjusted models, enhancing the robustness of the causal inference. Finally, we further assessed the potential mediating role of the gut microbiome in the relationships identified. We found a significant positive causal association between NO\u2082 and benign prostatic hyperplasia (OR\u2005=\u20052.39, 95% CI\u2005=\u20051.17\u20134.91,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2005=\u2005.01). The results of the MVMR analysis are consistent with UVMR (OR\u2005=\u20052.01, 95% CI\u2005=\u20051.05\u20133.85,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2005=\u2005.03). Additionally, we identified significant positive associations between several gut microbial species and benign prostatic hyperplasia. However, further mediated Mendelian randomization analyses did not reveal a mediating effect in the causal relationship between NO\u2082 and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Mendelian randomization analysis showed that there is a genetic causal relationship between air pollution and benign prostatic hyperplasia, and high exposure to NO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    will increase the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1097\/md.0000000000044548","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,30]],"date-time":"2025-09-30T16:01:05Z","timestamp":1759248065000},"page":"e44548","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Mendelian randomization study between air pollutants and benign prostatic hyperplasia"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"104","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-3433-8725","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Long","family":"Xia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 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