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Genetic predisposition to metabolically unfavourable adiposity and prostate cancer risk: A Mendelian randomization analysis.
Cancer medicine - 1 Aug 2023
Perez-Cornago Aurora, Smith-Byrne Karl, Hazelwood Emma, Watling Cody Z, Martin Susan, Frayling Timothy, Lewis Sarah, Martin Richard M, Yaghootkar Hanieh, Travis Ruth C, Key Timothy J
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BACKGROUND: The associations of adiposity with aggressive prostate cancer risk are unclear. Using two-sample Mendelian randomization, we assessed the association of metabolically unfavourable adiposity (UFA), favourable adiposity (FA) and for comparison body mass index (BMI), with prostate cancer, including aggressive prostate cancer. METHODS: We examined the association of these genetically predicted...
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