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Does Obesity Cause Thyroid Cancer? A Mendelian Randomization Study.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 2020
Fussey Jonathan Mark, Beaumont Robin N, Wood Andrew R, Vaidya Bijay, Smith Joel, Tyrrell Jessica
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BACKGROUND: The incidence of thyroid cancer is rising, and relatively little is known about modifiable risk factors for the condition. Observational studies have suggested a link between adiposity and thyroid cancer; however, these are subject to confounding and reverse causality. Here, we used data from the UK Biobank and Mendelian randomization approaches to investigate whether adiposity causes benign nodular...
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