Mendelian randomization study of body mass index and colorectal cancer risk

BACKGROUND: High body mass index (BMI) is consistently linked to increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) for men, whereas the association is less clear for women. As risk estimates from observational studies may be biased and/or confounded, we conducted a Mendelian randomization study to estimate...

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Published in:Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
Main Authors: Thrift, Aaron P., Gong, Jian, Peters, Ulrike, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Rudolph, Anja, Slattery, Martha L., Chan, Andrew T., Locke, Adam E., Kahali, Bratati, Justice, Anne E., Pers, Tune H., Gallinger, Steven, Hayes, Richard B, Baron, John A., Caan, Bette J., Ogino, Shuji, Berndt, Sonja I., Chanock, Stephen J., Casey, Graham, Haile, Robert W., Du, Mengmeng, Harrison, Tabitha A., Thornquist, Mark, Duggan, David J., Le Marchand, Loïc, Lindor, Noralane M., Seminara, Daniela, Song, Mingyang, Wu, Kana, Thibodeau, Stephen N., Cotterchio, Michelle, Win, Aung Ko, Jenkins, Mark A., Hopper, John L., Ulrich, Cornelia M., Potter, John D., Newcomb, Polly A., Hoffmeister, Michael, Brenner, Hermann, White, Emily, Hsu, Li, Campbell, Peter T.
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4490960/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25976416
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-1309
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