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Methods: Here, we conduct a bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to investigate the causal association between daytime napping and AD using large-scale GWAS datasets from daytime napping including 452,633 individuals of European ancestry and AD including 35,274 AD and 59,163 controls of European ancestry. A total of five MR methods are selected including inverse-variance weighted (IVW), weighted median, MR-Egger, MR-PRESSO, and contamination mixture method. Results: MR analysis highlights significant causal association of AD with daytime napping using IVW (beta\u200a=\u200a-0.006, 95% CI [\u20130.009, \u20130.002], p\u200a=\u200a2.00E-03), but no significant causal association of daytime napping with AD using IVW (OR\u200a=\u200a0.76, 95% CI 0.53-1.10, p\u200a=\u200a1.40E-01). Conclusion: Our bidirectional MR analysis demonstrates the causal effect of AD on daytime napping. However, there is no causal effect of daytime napping on AD. 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