Back

Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study

2020-03-20 epidemiology Title + abstract only
View on medRxiv
Show abstract

ImportanceEvidence on adiposity altering colorectal cancer (CRC) risk differently among men and women, and on metabolic alterations mediating effects of adiposity on CRC, is unclear. ObjectiveTo examine sex- and site-specific associations of adiposity with CRC risk, and whether adiposity-associated metabolites explain associations of adiposity with CRC. DesignTwo-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study. SettingGenetic variants from expanded genome-wide association studies of body mass index...

Predicted journal destinations