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SUBMITTER: Jarvis D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4947703 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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British journal of cancer 20160623 2
<h4>Background</h4>Observational studies have associated adiposity with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, such studies do not establish a causal relationship. To minimise bias from confounding we performed a Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis to examine the relationship between adiposity and CRC.<h4>Methods</h4>We used SNPs associated with adult body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), childhood obesity and birth weight as instrumental variables in a MR analysis of 9 ...[more]