Body Mass Index Genetic Risk Score and Endometrial Cancer Risk
Prescott J, Setiawan VW, Wentzensen N, Schumacher F, Yu H, Delahanty R, Bernstein L, Chanock SJ, Chen C, Cook LS, Friedenreich C, Garcia-Closas M, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Liang X, Lissowska J, Lu L, Magliocco AM, Olson SH, Risch HA, Shu XO, Ursin G, Yang HP, Kraft P, De Vivo I. Body Mass Index Genetic Risk Score and Endometrial Cancer Risk. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0143256. PMID: 26606540, PMCID: PMC4659592, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial cancer riskBody mass indexGenotype risk scoreCancer riskRisk scoreHigher body mass indexRisk allelesIndependent risk factorEndometrial cancer casesExcess body weightRisk factor dataGenetic risk scoreGenome-wide association studiesEndometrial cancerMass indexBMI riskRisk factorsEffect modificationCancer casesRisk lociBody weightCancer shareExploratory analysisStudy designControl participants