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Unveiling the association between plasma lipid species and pan-cancers: A bidirectional 2-sample Mendelian randomization study

Figure 1. Study design. FDR = false discovery rate, MR = Mendelian randomization, PP.H4 = posterior probability of hypothesis 4.
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Figure 1. Study design. FDR = false discovery rate, MR = Mendelian randomization, PP.H4 = posterior probability of hypothesis 4.Study design. FDR = false discovery rate, MR = Mendelian randomization, PP.H4 = posterior probability of hypothesis 4.Cui et al. · CC BY

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Abstract

Plasma lipids play a crucial role at every stage of cancer progression, and a deficiency or excess of plasma lipids can lead to an increased risk of cancer. Previous observational studies and randomized controlled trials on the association between plasma lipids and cancer risk have been limited.

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People 's Hospital of Jilin Province

Medicine · 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY

doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000050711PubMed 42798079

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