Bouka, Martina https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8827-6723
Nimptsch, Katharina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7877-205X
Pham, Thu Thi
Bouras, Emmanouil
Kanellopoulou, Afroditi
Phipps, Amanda I.
Van Guelpen, Bethany
Brenner, Hermann
Li, Li
Le Marchand, Loïc
Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.
Pischon, Tobias https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-767X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (MDC)
Article History
Received: 25 November 2025
Accepted: 17 February 2026
First Online: 6 March 2026
Declarations
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: The GWAS summary statistics used for the exposures were publicly available and did not require additional ethical approval. For the GECCO data used for CRC-specific mortality outcomes, each participating study obtained ethical approval from their respective institutional review boards, and all participants provided informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.