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Genetic Obesity Variants and Risk of Conventional Adenomas and Serrated Polyps.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Aug 2022
Bever Alaina M, Hang Dong, He Xiaosheng, Joshi Amit D, Ding Ming, Wu Kana, Chan Andrew T, Giovannucci Edward L, Song Mingyang
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BACKGROUND: Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer. How genetically predicted BMI may be associated with colorectal cancer precursors is unknown. AIMS: Our objective was to quantify the association of genetically predicted and measured BMI with risk of colorectal cancer precursors. METHODS: We evaluated the association of genetically predicted and measured BMI with...
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