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Circulating Phylloquinone and the Risk of Four Female-Specific Cancers: A Mendelian Randomization Study

  • Melaku Yalew,
  • Anwar Mulugeta,
  • Amanda L. Lumsden,
  • Iqbal Madakkatel,
  • S. Hong Lee,
  • Martin K. Oehler,
  • Johanna Mäenpää and
  • Elina Hyppönen
Nutrients2024, 16(21), 3680;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16213680

29 October 2024

Background: Observational studies have linked vitamin K and cancer, but the causality of this association remains unknown. This Mendelian randomization (MR) study aims to investigate the association between circulating phylloquinone (vitamin K1) leve...

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Concepts and Controversies in Evaluating Vitamin K Status in Population-Based Studies

  • M. Kyla Shea and
  • Sarah L. Booth
Nutrients2016, 8(1), 8;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8010008

2 January 2016

A better understanding of vitamin K’s role in health and disease requires the assessment of vitamin K nutritional status in population and clinical studies. This is primarily accomplished using dietary questionnaires and/or biomarkers. Because food c...

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Circulating Vitamin K1 Levels in Relation to Ischemic Stroke and Its Subtypes: A Mendelian Randomization Study

  • Susanna C. Larsson,
  • Matthew Traylor and
  • Hugh S. Markus
Nutrients2018, 10(11), 1575;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10111575

25 October 2018

Vitamin K plays a crucial role in blood coagulation, and hypercoagulability has been linked to atherosclerosis-related vascular disease. We used the Mendelian randomization study design to examine whether circulating vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) levels...

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