The effects of height and BMI on prostate cancer incidence and mortality: a Mendelian randomization study in 20,848 cases and 20,214 controls from the PRACTICAL consortium

Neill M Davies, Tom R Gaunt, Sarah J Lewis, Jeff Holly, Jenny L Donovan, Freddie C Hamdy, John P Kemp, Rosalind Eeles, Doug Easton, Zsofia Kote-Jarai, Ali A Al Olama, Sara Benlloch, Kenneth Muir, Graham G Giles, Fredrik Wiklund, Henrik Gronberg, Christopher A Haiman, Johanna Schleutker, Borge G Nordestgaard, Ruth C TravisDavid Neal, Nora Pashayan, KT Khaw, JL Stanford, WJ Blot, S Thibodeau, C Maier, AS Kibel, C Cybulski, L Cannon-Albright, H Brenner, J Park, R Kaneva, J Batra, MR Teixeira, H Pandha, A Auvinen, T Murtola, T Tammela, M Lathrop, GD Smith, RM Martin

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    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1603-1616
    JournalCancer Causes and Control
    Volume26
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    Publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • Body mass index
    • Height
    • Instrumental variables analysis
    • Mendelian randomization
    • Prostate cancer
    • Single nucleotide polymorphisms

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