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Physical Activity Does Not Lower the Risk of Lung Cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Sept 2020
Baumeister Sebastian-Edgar, Leitzmann Michael F, Bahls Martin, Meisinger Christa, Amos Christopher I, Hung Rayjean J, Teumer Alexander, Baurecht Hansjörg
Abstract excerpt
Observational studies have suggested that physical activity might lower the risk of lung cancer in former and current smokers, but not in never-smokers. Using genetic instruments for self-reported and accelerometer-measured physical activity traits implemented through two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR), we sought to strengthen the evidence for causality. We used 18 genome-wide significant (P < 5 × 10-8)...
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