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Alicja Wolk

Researcher at Karolinska Institutet

Publications -  829
Citations -  76043

Alicja Wolk is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Prospective cohort study. The author has an hindex of 135, co-authored 778 publications receiving 66239 citations. Previous affiliations of Alicja Wolk include United States Department of Agriculture & Uppsala University Hospital.

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Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study

Caroline J. Bull, +96 more
- 17 Dec 2020 - 
TL;DR: Adiposity was associated with numerous metabolic alterations, but none of these explained associations between adiposity and CRC, and it is suggested that higher BMI more greatly raises CRC risk among men, whereas higher WHR more greatly rises CRCrisk among women.
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The stomach cancer pooling (StoP) project: study design and presentation.

TL;DR: A consortium of epidemiological investigations named the ‘Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project’ is introduced, to analyze the role of lifestyle and genetic determinants in the etiology of gastric cancer through pooled analyses of individual-level data.
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Multivitamin Supplements Are Inversely Associated with Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Men and Women—Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (SHEEP)

TL;DR: It is indicated that use of low dose multivitamin supplements may aid in the primary prevention of MI, based on data from a large population-based, case-control study of subjects aged 45-70 y residing in Sweden.
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Dietary intake of heterocyclic amines and cancers of the esophagus and gastric cardia.

TL;DR: Heterocyclic amine intake might be associated with an increase in risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus, and the dearth of epidemiological data regarding these cancers and the lack of established biological mechanisms should be investigated.
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Vitamin C supplements and the risk of age-related cataract: a population-based prospective cohort study in women

TL;DR: The results indicate that the use of vitamin C supplements may be associated with higher risk of age-related cataract among women.