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Mendelian randomization study indicates lack of causal associations between iron status and lung cancer.
Medicine - 22 Jul 2022
Qin Hong, Zeng Weibiao, Lou Yongfu
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Observational studies provided conflicting results on the association between iron status and the risk of lung cancer. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of genetically determined iron status on lung cancer risk using a mendelian randomization (MR) approach. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms for iron status were selected from a genome-wide meta-analysis of 48,972 subjects. Genetic association...
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