Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

ABSTRACT: Pancreatic cancer is currently the seventh leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Understanding whether modifiable factors increase or decrease the risk of this disease is central to facilitating primary prevention. Several epidemiological studies have described the benefits of physical activity, and the risks associated with sedentary behavior, in relation to cancer. This study aimed to assess evidence of causal effects of physical activity and sedentary behavior on pancreatic cancer risk. We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization study using publicly available data for genetic variants associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior traits and genetic data from the Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan), the Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium (PanC4), and

SUBMITTER: Gentiluomo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904288 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature