A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study supports the causal effects of a high basal metabolic rate on colorectal cancer risk

• E. Wu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: E. Wu, Juntao Ni

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Key Laboratory of Elemene Class Anti-Cancer Chinese Medicines, Engineering Laboratory of Development and Application of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicines of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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• Juntao Ni ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: E. Wu, Juntao Ni

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Women’s Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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• Lin Tao ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: taolin@hznu.edu.cn (LT); xbs@hznu.edu.cn (TX)

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Key Laboratory of Elemene Class Anti-Cancer Chinese Medicines, Engineering Laboratory of Development and Application of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicines of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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• Tian Xie

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: taolin@hznu.edu.cn (LT); xbs@hznu.edu.cn (TX)

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Key Laboratory of Elemene Class Anti-Cancer Chinese Medicines, Engineering Laboratory of Development and Application of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicines of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5454-552X

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