Iron Status and Cancer Risk in UK Biobank: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

Iron Status and Cancer Risk in UK Biobank: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization study to explore the associations of iron status with overall cancer and 22 site-specific cancers. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms for iron status were obtained from a genome-wide association study of 48,972 European-descent individuals. Summary-leve...

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Main Authors: Shuai Yuan, Paul Carter, Mathew Vithayathil, Siddhartha Kar, Edward Giovannucci, Amy M. Mason, Stephen Burgess, Susanna C. Larsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
iron
transferrin saturation
ferritin
serum transferrin
cancer
mendelian randomization
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/2/526

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