Body Fat Distribution and Risk of Breast, Endometrial, and Ovarian Cancer: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

Body Fat Distribution and Risk of Breast, Endometrial, and Ovarian Cancer: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

Background: Mounting evidence shows that adiposity increases female-specific cancer risk, but the role of body fat distribution is less clear. We used a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to elucidate causal relations of body fat distribution to the risks of breast, endometrial and ova...

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Main Authors: Dennis Freuer, Jakob Linseisen, Tracy A. O’Mara, Michael Leitzmann, Hansjörg Baurecht, Sebastian-Edgar Baumeister, Christa Meisinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
body fat distribution
obesity
breast cancer
endometrial cancer
ovarian cancer
Mendelian randomization
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/20/5053

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