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Blood pressure and risk of cancer: a Mendelian randomization study

BACKGROUND: Previous large observational cohort studies showed higher blood pressure (BP) positively associated with cancer. We used Mendelian randomization (MR) to obtain less confounded estimates of BP on total and site-specific cancers. METHODS: We applied replicated genetic instruments for systo...

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Autores principales: Chan, Io Ieong, Kwok, Man Ki, Schooling, C. Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8675492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34915881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-09067-x