Interactions of platelets with obesity in relation to lung cancer risk in the UK Biobank cohort
Platelet count (PLT) is associated positively with lung cancer risk but has a more complex association with body mass index (BMI), positive only in women (mainly never smokers) and inverse in men (mainly ever ...
Source: Respiratory Research - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sofia Christakoudi, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Evangelos Evangelou and Elio Riboli Tags: Research Source Type: research
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