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Height, Autoimmune Thyroid Disease, and Thyroid Cancer: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Dec 2023
Papadopoulou Areti, Åsvold Bjørn O, Burgess Stephen, Kuś Aleksander, Medici Marco, Sterenborg Rosalie, Teumer Alexander, Deloukas Panos, Marouli Eirini
Abstract excerpt
Background: Increased height has been associated with increased risk of hypothyroidism or thyroid cancer in epidemiological studies. However, the potential causal association between height and hypothyroidism or thyroid cancer has not been thoroughly explored. Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) mainly presents as hypothyroidism, thus we aim to evaluate the causal relationship between height as exposure and its...
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