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Lactase persistence, milk intake, and mortality in the Danish general population: a Mendelian random...

Lactase persistence, milk intake, and mortality in the Danish general population: a Mendelian random...

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Lactase persistence, milk intake, and mortality in the Danish general population: a Mendelian randomization study

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Full title

Lactase persistence, milk intake, and mortality in the Danish general population: a Mendelian randomization study

Publisher

Dordrecht: Springer

Journal title

European journal of epidemiology, 2018-02, Vol.33 (2), p.171-181

Language

English

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Dordrecht: Springer

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Contents

Meta-analyses have suggested no association between milk intake and mortality. Since only few studies have been conducted, we investigated the association between the lactase persistent genetic variant LCT-13910 C/T (rs4988235), a proxy for long-term low and high intake of milk, and mortality. We used two Danish population-based studies with self-r...

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Full title

Lactase persistence, milk intake, and mortality in the Danish general population: a Mendelian randomization study

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1956082454

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1956082454

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ISSN

0393-2990

E-ISSN

1573-7284

DOI

10.1007/s10654-017-0328-x

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