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Birthweight, Childhood Obesity, Adulthood Obesity and Body Compositions, and Gastrointestinal Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study

2022-12-13 gastroenterology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundObesity has been established as a risk factor for several gastrointestinal diseases, whether the associations are causal is uncertain. In addition, the associations of obesity-related factors with gastrointestinal diseases have been scarcely explored. This Mendelian randomization aimed to investigate the associations of birth weight, childhood body mass index (BMI), adulthood BMI and waist-hip ratio, and body composition with the risk of 24 gastrointestinal diseases. MethodsIndependen...

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