Reassessing the causal role of early-life adiposity in breast cancer: could the apparent inverse associations be a manifestation of survival bias?

C Mary Schooling^{1

2}, Kezhen Fei¹, Mary Beth Terry³

Affiliations

¹ CUNY School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
² School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Comment

C Mary Schooling et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 2;52(4):1292-1293.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyad027.

C Mary Schooling^{1

2}, Kezhen Fei¹, Mary Beth Terry³

¹ CUNY School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
² School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

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Response to: Reassessing the causal role of early life adiposity in breast cancer.
Hao Y, Xiao J, Liang Y, Wu X, Zhang H, Xiao C, Zhang L, Burgess S, Wang N, Zhao X, Kraft P, Li J, Jiang X. Hao Y, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2023 Aug 2;52(4):1294-1295. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyad028. Int J Epidemiol. 2023. PMID: 36913528 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Reassessing the causal role of obesity in breast cancer susceptibility: a comprehensive multivariable Mendelian randomization investigating the distribution and timing of exposure.
Hao Y, Xiao J, Liang Y, Wu X, Zhang H, Xiao C, Zhang L, Burgess S, Wang N, Zhao X, Kraft P, Li J, Jiang X. Hao Y, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2023 Feb 8;52(1):58-70. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac143. Int J Epidemiol. 2023. PMID: 35848946 Free PMC article.