Association of vitamin D levels and risk of ovarian cancer: a Mendelian randomization study

2016145 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Jue‐Sheng Ong · The University of Queensland

Gabriel Cuéllar-Partida · The University of Queensland

Yi Lu · QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Australian Ovarian Cancer Study · University of California, Los Angeles

Peter A. Fasching · University of California, Los Angeles

Alexander Hein · Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

Stefanie Burghaus

Abstract

Genetically lowered 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations were associated with higher ovarian cancer susceptibility in Europeans. These findings suggest that increasing plasma vitamin D levels may reduce risk of ovarian cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Vitamin D Research Studies Endometriosis Research and Treatment Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: International Journal of Epidemiology

Volume 45, Issue 5, pp. 1619-1630

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw207

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