Body size and composition and risk of site-specific cancers in the UK Biobank and large international consortia: A mendelian randomisation study.

<h4>Background</h4>Evidence for the impact of body size and composition on cancer risk is limited. This mendelian randomisation (MR) study investigates evidence supporting causal relationships of body mass index (BMI), fat mass index (FMI), fat-free mass index (FFMI), and height with can...

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Published in:	PLoS Medicine
Main Authors:	Mathew Vithayathil, Paul Carter, Siddhartha Kar, Amy M Mason, Stephen Burgess, Susanna C Larsson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003706&type=printable