A Mendelian randomization study of the effects of blood lipids on breast cancer risk

The link between circulating lipids and breast cancer risk is complex. Here, the authors utilise data from more than 400,000 participants in two-sample Mendelian randomization to assess the link between blood lipids and breast cancer risk, and they find risk-promoting effects of raised LDL-cholester...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christoph Nowak, Johan Ärnlöv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06467-9