Day: May 29, 2021

#Thyroid dysfunction and #breast cancer risk among women in the UK Biobank cohort

On By aledopressIn Endocrinology, Oncology

This study aimed to evaluate the association between thyroid dysfunction and breast cancer risk. We included 239,436 females of the UK Biobank cohort. Information on thyroid dysfunction, personal and family medical history, medications, reproductive factors, lifestyle, and socioeconomic characteristics was retrieved from baseline self-reported data and hospital inpatient databases. Breast cancer diagnoses were identified through …

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Evidence for a causal association between #milk intake and cardiometabolic disease outcomes using a two-sample Mendelian Randomization analysis in up to 1,904,220 individuals

On By aledopressIn Cardiology, Diet, Endocrinology

High milk intake has been associated with cardio-metabolic risk. We conducted a Mendelian Randomization (MR) study to obtain evidence for the causal relationship between milk consumption and cardio-metabolic traits using the lactase persistence (LCT-13910 C > T, rs4988235) variant as an instrumental variable. MethodsWe tested the association of LCT genotype with milk consumption (for validation) and with …

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