Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis

Physical activity has been linked to lower risks of colorectal and breast cancer. Here, the authors present a Mendelian randomisation analysis supporting a potentially causal relationship between higher physical activity levels and lower risks of breast cancer and colorectal cancer.

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Main Authors: Nikos Papadimitriou, Niki Dimou, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Barbara Banbury, Richard M. Martin, Sarah J. Lewis, Nabila Kazmi, Timothy M. Robinson, Demetrius Albanes, Krasimira Aleksandrova, Sonja I. Berndt, D. Timothy Bishop, Hermann Brenner, Daniel D. Buchanan, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Peter T. Campbell, Sergi Castellví-Bel, Andrew T. Chan, Jenny Chang-Claude, Merete Ellingjord-Dale, Jane C. Figueiredo, Steven J. Gallinger, Graham G. Giles, Edward Giovannucci, Stephen B. Gruber, Andrea Gsur, Jochen Hampe, Heather Hampel, Sophia Harlid, Tabitha A. Harrison, Michael Hoffmeister, John L. Hopper, Li Hsu, José María Huerta, Jeroen R. Huyghe, Mark A. Jenkins, Temitope O. Keku, Tilman Kühn, Carlo La Vecchia, Loic Le Marchand, Christopher I. Li, Li Li, Annika Lindblom, Noralane M. Lindor, Brigid Lynch, Sanford D. Markowitz, Giovanna Masala, Anne M. May, Roger Milne, Evelyn Monninkhof, Lorena Moreno, Victor Moreno, Polly A. Newcomb, Kenneth Offit, Vittorio Perduca, Paul D. P. Pharoah, Elizabeth A. Platz, John D. Potter, Gad Rennert, Elio Riboli, Maria-Jose Sánchez, Stephanie L. Schmit, Robert E. Schoen, Gianluca Severi, Sabina Sieri, Martha L. Slattery, Mingyang Song, Catherine M. Tangen, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Ruth C. Travis, Antonia Trichopoulou, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Franzel J. B. van Duijnhoven, Bethany Van Guelpen, Pavel Vodicka, Emily White, Alicja Wolk, Michael O. Woods, Anna H. Wu, Ulrike Peters, Marc J. Gunter, Neil Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14389-8
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Summary:Physical activity has been linked to lower risks of colorectal and breast cancer. Here, the authors present a Mendelian randomisation analysis supporting a potentially causal relationship between higher physical activity levels and lower risks of breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
ISSN:2041-1723