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Body mass index and incidence of lung cancer in the HUNT study: using observational and Mendelian randomization approaches.
BMC cancer - 8 Nov 2022
Jiang Lin, Sun Yi-Qian, Brumpton Ben Michael, Langhammer Arnulf, Chen Yue, Mai Xiao-Mei
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BACKGROUND: Traditional observational studies have shown an inverse association between body mass index (BMI) and lung cancer risk. Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using genetic variants as instruments for BMI may clarify the nature of the association. AIMS: We studied the causal association between BMI and lung cancer incidence using observational and MR approaches. METHODS: We followed up 62,453...
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