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Assessment of moderate coffee consumption and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: a Mendelian randomization study.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Apr 2018
Ong Jue-Sheng, Hwang Liang-Dar, Cuellar-Partida Gabriel, Martin Nicholas G, Chenevix-Trench Georgia, Quinn Michael C J, Cornelis Marilyn C, Gharahkhani Puya, Webb Penelope M, MacGregor Stuart
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Background: Coffee consumption has been shown to be associated with various health outcomes in observational studies. However, evidence for its association with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is inconsistent and it is unclear whether these associations are causal. Methods: We used single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with (i) coffee and (ii) caffeine consumption to perform Mendelian randomization (MR) on...
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