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This Mendelian randomization (MR) study aimed to investigate the potential causal association between thyroid function and hepatic fibrosis\/cirrhosis in order to provide new insights for improving prevention and control strategies for this disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Genome-wide association study (GWAS) data on exposures, which included hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), were extracted from the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC-IEU) (<jats:ext-link>https:\/\/gwas.mrcieu.ac.uk\/<\/jats:ext-link>), and GWAS data for outcomes, including hepatic fibrosis\/cirrhosis and chitinase-3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1), were obtained from the FinnGen consortium (<jats:ext-link>https:\/\/www.finngen.fi\/fi<\/jats:ext-link>). Inverse variance weighted (IVW), weighted median, and MR-Egger methods were utilized to examine the causal association between thyroid function and the risk of hepatic fibrosis\/cirrhosis. Cochran\u2019s Q test was used to assess the heterogeneity of instrumental variables (IVs), while MR-PRESSO and leave-one-out analyses were conducted for sensitivity analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>IVW estimates suggested that hypothyroidism had a potential causal association with higher odds of hepatic fibrosis\/cirrhosis (OR = 1.247, 95% CI: 1.087\u20131.431). Leave-one-out results indicated that this potential causal relationship was relatively robust. In addition, we assessed the causal association between hypothyroidism and hepatic fibrosis\/cirrhosis before and after removal of outliers with heterogeneity. After removing the outliers, the association was still significant (OR = 1.266, 95% CI: 1.082\u20131.482, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0046).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with hypothyroidism may have a higher risk of hepatic fibrosis\/cirrhosis, and this finding may provide some references for the early screening and prevention of the disease. 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