Obesity, Fat Distribution and Risk of Cancer in Women and Men: A Mendelian Randomisation Study
Obesity and upper-body fat distribution are independent, cardiometabolic risk factors but whether they also display comparable associations with cancer risk is unknown. We investigated the causal relationships between body mass index (BMI) and BMI-adjusted waist-to-hip ratio (WHRadjBMI) and cancer r...
Main Authors: | Nellie Y. Loh, Wenyi Wang, Raymond Noordam, Constantinos Christodoulides |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-12-01
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Series: | Nutrients |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/24/5259 |
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