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Plasma C-reactive protein, genetic risk score, and risk of common cancers in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Dec 2013
Prizment Anna E, Folsom Aaron R, Dreyfus Jill, Anderson Kristin E, Visvanathan Kala, Joshu Corinne E, Platz Elizabeth A, Pankow James S
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PURPOSE: Many studies, including the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort, reported a positive association between plasma C-reactive protein (CRP)-a biomarker of low-grade chronic inflammation-and colorectal cancer risk, although it is unclear whether the association is causal. Our aims were to assess the associations of a CRP genetic risk score (CRP-GRS) created from single-nucleotide polymorphisms...
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