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Association between diverticular disease and colorectal cancer: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study.
BMC cancer - 10 Feb 2023
Zhang Yanxi, Zhang Han, Zhu Jinghan, He Yazhou, Wang Peng, Li Doudou, Liu Xiaozhuan, Jin Wen, Zhang Junxi, Xu Chuan, Yu Zengli, Zhao Xin, Cui Lingling
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BACKGROUND: Diverticular disease has been inconsistently associated with colorectal cancer risk. We conducted a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study to assess this association. METHODS: Forty-three and seventy single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with diverticular disease and colorectal cancer at the genome-wide significance level (p < 5 × 10- 8) were selected as instrumental variables from...
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