Article
Searching for causal relationships of glioma: a phenome-wide Mendelian randomisation study.
British journal of cancer - 1 Jan 2021
Saunders Charlie N, Cornish Alex J, Kinnersley Ben, Law Philip J, Houlston Richard S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aetiology of glioma is poorly understood. Summary data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) can be used in a Mendelian randomisation (MR) phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) to search for glioma risk factors. METHODS: We performed an MR-PheWAS analysing 316 phenotypes, proxied by 8387 genetic variants, and summary genetic data from a GWAS of 12,488 glioma cases and 18,169 controls....
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
