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Effect of Basal Metabolic Rate on Cancer: A Mendelian Randomization Study
9 Sept 2021
Abstract excerpt
Background: Basal metabolic rate is associated with cancer, but these observations are open to confounding. Limited evidence from Mendelian randomization studies exists, with inconclusive results. Moreover, whether basal metabolic rate has a similar role in cancer for men and women independent of insulin-like growth factor 1 increasing cancer risk has not been investigated. Methods: We conducted a two-sample...
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