Reassessing the link between adiposity and head and neck cancer: a Mendelian randomization study
FMB was supported by a Wellcome Trust PhD studentship in Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse Epidemiology (224982/Z/22/Z). RCR was supported by a Cancer Research UK grant (C18281/A29019). MCB is supported by a University of Bristol Vice Chancellor's Fellowship, the British Heart Foundation (AA/18/1/34219) and the UK Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00032/5). GDS works within the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, which is supported by the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00032/1). CLR was supported by the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00011/5) and by a Cancer Research UK (C18281/A29019) programme grant (the Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme). SV was funded by an EU Horizon 2020 grant (agreement number 825771) and NIDCR National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Health (R03DE030257). JK works in a unit that receives support from the University of Bristol, a Cancer Research UK grant (C18281/A29019) and the UK Medical Research Council (grant number: MC_UU_00032/7).
Authors
- George Davey Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-8314)
- Tom G. Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-2040)
- Fernanda Morales Berstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8237-2021)
- Mark Gormley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5733-6304)
- Caroline L. Relton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-4840)
- Shama Virani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1163-432X)
- Maria Carolina Borges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7785-4547)
- Tom Dudding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3756-040X)
- Rebecca C. Richmond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-5071)
- Jasmine Khouja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7944-2981)
- James McKay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1787-3874)
- Elmira Ebrahimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0910-3447)
- Paul Brennan
Institutions
- University Of Bristol Dental Hospital (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (GB)
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- eLife
- Published
- 2025-06-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.106075
- Primary Topic
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00