Exploring the relationship between dietary preferences and rectal cancer risk: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study.

Abstract excerpt

While some retrospective studies have reported that certain dietary habits may affect rectal cancer, the types of dietary habits involved are limited. We employed a classical 2-sample Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the causal relationship between dietary habits and rectal cancer. Rigorous instrumental variable selection included P-value filtering, linkage disequilibrium assessment, and...

Topics

• Humans
• Mendelian Randomization Analysis
• Rectal Neoplasms
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Feeding Behavior
• Diet