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Circulating Phylloquinone and the Risk of Four Female-Specific Cancers: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
Nutrients - 29 Oct 2024
Yalew Melaku, Mulugeta Anwar, Lumsden Amanda L, Madakkatel Iqbal, Lee S Hong, Oehler Martin K, Mäenpää Johanna, Hyppönen Elina
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BACKGROUND: Observational studies have linked vitamin K and cancer, but the causality of this association remains unknown. This Mendelian randomization (MR) study aims to investigate the association between circulating phylloquinone (vitamin K1) levels and four female-specific cancers. METHODS: We used four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to instrument phylloquinone, with the reported F-statistic...
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