Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Decreases With Height, Based on Consortium Analysis and Confirmed by Mendelian Randomization
Thrift AP, Risch HA, Onstad L, Shaheen NJ, Casson AG, Bernstein L, Corley DA, Levine DM, Chow W, Reid BJ, Romero Y, Hardie LJ, Liu G, Wu AH, Bird NC, Gammon MD, Ye W, Whiteman DC, Vaughan TL. Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Decreases With Height, Based on Consortium Analysis and Confirmed by Mendelian Randomization. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2014, 12: 1667-1676.e1. PMID: 24530603, PMCID: PMC4130803, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.01.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of EACBarrett's esophagusEsophageal adenocarcinomaMendelian randomization analysisOdds ratioCases of BEGastroesophageal reflux symptomsStrata of ageRandomization analysisBody mass indexMultivariable logistic regressionClinical risk stratificationEsophageal Adenocarcinoma ConsortiumMendelian randomization studyGenetic risk scoreConventional epidemiologic analysisReflux symptomsRisk stratificationMass indexInverse associationRisk scoreUnconfounded effectRandomization studyAbstractTextEpidemiologic analysis