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Exploring the contribution of lifestyle to the impact of education on the risk of cancer through Mendelian randomization analysis.
Scientific reports - 13 Mar 2024
Zagkos Loukas, Schwinges Alexander, Amin Hasnat A, Dovey Terry, Drenos Fotios
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Educational attainment (EA) has been linked to the risk of several types of cancer, despite having no expected direct biological connection. In this paper, we investigate the mediating role of alcohol consumption, smoking, vegetable consumption, fruit consumption and body mass index (BMI) in explaining the effect of EA on 7 cancer groupings. Large-scale genome wide association study (GWAS) results were used to...
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