Associations between an Obesity Related Genetic Variant (FTO rs9939609) and Prostate Cancer Risk

Sarah J. Lewis; Ali Murad; Lina Chen; George Davey Smith; Jenny Donovan; Tom Palmer; Freddie Hamdy; David Neal; J. Athene Lane; Michael Davis; Angela Cox; Richard M. Martin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013485

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Associations between an Obesity Related Genetic Variant (FTO rs9939609) and Prostate Cancer Risk

Sarah J. Lewis ,

* E-mail: S.J.Lewis@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Ali Murad,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Lina Chen,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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George Davey Smith,

Affiliations School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, MRC Centre for Causal Analysis in Translational Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Jenny Donovan,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Tom Palmer,

Affiliations School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, MRC Centre for Causal Analysis in Translational Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Freddie Hamdy,

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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David Neal,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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J. Athene Lane,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Michael Davis,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Angela Cox,

Affiliation Institute for Cancer Studies, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Richard M. Martin

Affiliations School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, MRC Centre for Causal Analysis in Translational Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Associations between an Obesity Related Genetic Variant (FTO rs9939609) and Prostate Cancer Risk

Sarah J. Lewis,
Ali Murad,
Lina Chen,
George Davey Smith,
Jenny Donovan,
Tom Palmer,
Freddie Hamdy,
David Neal,
J. Athene Lane,
Michael Davis

Published: October 19, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013485

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