Genetically Predicted Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Risk: Mendelian Randomization Analyses of Data from 145,000 Women of European Descent.

Genetically Predicted Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Risk: Mendelian Randomization Analyses of Data from 145,000 Women of European Descent.

<h4>Background</h4>Observational epidemiological studies have shown that high body mass index (BMI) is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women but an increased risk in postmenopausal women. It is unclear whether this association is mediated through shared g...

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Main Authors: Yan Guo, Shaneda Warren Andersen, Xiao-Ou Shu, Kyriaki Michailidou, Manjeet K Bolla, Qin Wang, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Roger L Milne, Marjanka K Schmidt, Jenny Chang-Claude, Allison Dunning, Stig E Bojesen, Habibul Ahsan, Kristiina Aittomäki, Irene L Andrulis, Hoda Anton-Culver, Volker Arndt, Matthias W Beckmann, Alicia Beeghly-Fadiel, Javier Benitez, Natalia V Bogdanova, Bernardo Bonanni, Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, Judith Brand, Hiltrud Brauch, Hermann Brenner, Thomas Brüning, Barbara Burwinkel, Graham Casey, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Fergus J Couch, Angela Cox, Simon S Cross, Kamila Czene, Peter Devilee, Thilo Dörk, Martine Dumont, Peter A Fasching, Jonine Figueroa, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Olivia Fletcher, Henrik Flyger, Florentia Fostira, Marilie Gammon, Graham G Giles, Pascal Guénel, Christopher A Haiman, Ute Hamann, Maartje J Hooning, John L Hopper, Anna Jakubowska, Farzana Jasmine, Mark Jenkins, Esther M John, Nichola Johnson, Michael E Jones, Maria Kabisch, Muhammad Kibriya, Julia A Knight, Linetta B Koppert, Veli-Matti Kosma, Vessela Kristensen, Loic Le Marchand, Eunjung Lee, Jingmei Li, Annika Lindblom, Robert Luben, Jan Lubinski, Kathi E Malone, Arto Mannermaa, Sara Margolin, Frederik Marme, Catriona McLean, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Alfons Meindl, Susan L Neuhausen, Heli Nevanlinna, Patrick Neven, Janet E Olson, Jose I A Perez, Barbara Perkins, Paolo Peterlongo, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Katri Pylkäs, Anja Rudolph, Regina Santella, Elinor J Sawyer, Rita K Schmutzler, Caroline Seynaeve, Mitul Shah, Martha J Shrubsole, Melissa C Southey, Anthony J Swerdlow, Amanda E Toland, Ian Tomlinson, Diana Torres, Thérèse Truong, Giske Ursin, Rob B Van Der Luijt, Senno Verhoef, Alice S Whittemore, Robert Winqvist, Hui Zhao, Shilin Zhao, Per Hall, Jacques Simard, Peter Kraft, Paul Pharoah, David Hunter, Douglas F Easton, Wei Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002105
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