Exploring the contribution of lifestyle to the impact of education on the risk of cancer through Mendelian randomization analysis

Abstract 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) i...

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Main Authors: Loukas Zagkos, Alexander Schwinges, Hasnat A. Amin, Terry Dovey, Fotios Drenos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54259-7