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A comprehensive re-assessment of the association between vitamin D and cancer susceptibility using Mendelian randomization

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Dixon-Suen, Suzanne C.  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-8386
An, Jiyuan 
Liyanage, Upekha 

Abstract

Abstract: Previous Mendelian randomization (MR) studies on 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and cancer have typically adopted a handful of variants and found no relationship between 25(OH)D and cancer; however, issues of horizontal pleiotropy cannot be reliably addressed. Using a larger set of variants associated with 25(OH)D (74 SNPs, up from 6 previously), we perform a unified MR analysis to re-evaluate the relationship between 25(OH)D and ten cancers. Our findings are broadly consistent with previous MR studies indicating no relationship, apart from ovarian cancers (OR 0.89; 95% C.I: 0.82 to 0.96 per 1 SD change in 25(OH)D concentration) and basal cell carcinoma (OR 1.16; 95% C.I.: 1.04 to 1.28). However, after adjustment for pigmentation related variables in a multivariable MR framework, the BCC findings were attenuated. Here we report that lower 25(OH)D is unlikely to be a causal risk factor for most cancers, with our study providing more precise confidence intervals than previously possible.

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Article, /631/67/68, /692/699/67/2195, /692/4028/67/2324, /45/43, article

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Nature Communications

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Journal ISSN

2041-1723

Volume Title

12

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Nature Publishing Group UK