Lactase Persistence, Milk Intake, and Adult Acne: A Mendelian Randomization Study of 20,416 Danish Adults

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Lactase Persistence, Milk Intake, and Adult Acne : A Mendelian Randomization Study of 20,416 Danish Adults. / Juhl, Christian R; Bergholdt, Helle K M; Miller, Iben M; Jemec, Gregor B E; Kanters, Jørgen K; Ellervik, Christina.

In: Nutrients, Vol. 10, No. 8, 1041, 08.08.2018.

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Juhl, CR, Bergholdt, HKM, Miller, IM, Jemec, GBE, Kanters, JK & Ellervik, C 2018, 'Lactase Persistence, Milk Intake, and Adult Acne: A Mendelian Randomization Study of 20,416 Danish Adults', Nutrients, vol. 10, no. 8, 1041. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10081041

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Juhl, C. R., Bergholdt, H. K. M., Miller, I. M., Jemec, G. B. E., Kanters, J. K., & Ellervik, C. (2018). Lactase Persistence, Milk Intake, and Adult Acne: A Mendelian Randomization Study of 20,416 Danish Adults. Nutrients, 10(8), [1041]. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10081041

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Juhl CR, Bergholdt HKM, Miller IM, Jemec GBE, Kanters JK, Ellervik C. Lactase Persistence, Milk Intake, and Adult Acne: A Mendelian Randomization Study of 20,416 Danish Adults. Nutrients. 2018 Aug 8;10(8). 1041. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10081041

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Juhl, Christian R ; Bergholdt, Helle K M ; Miller, Iben M ; Jemec, Gregor B E ; Kanters, Jørgen K ; Ellervik, Christina. / Lactase Persistence, Milk Intake, and Adult Acne : A Mendelian Randomization Study of 20,416 Danish Adults. In: Nutrients. 2018 ; Vol. 10, No. 8.

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abstract = "Whether there is a causal relationship between milk intake and acne is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that genetically determined milk intake is associated with acne in adults using a Mendelian randomization design. LCT-13910 C/T (rs4988235) is associated with lactase persistence (TT/TC) in Northern Europeans. We investigated the association between milk intake, LCT-13910 C/T (rs4988235), and acne in 20,416 adults (age-range: 20⁻96) from The Danish General Suburban Population Study (GESUS). The adjusted observational odds ratio for acne in any milk intake vs. no milk intake was 0.93(95% confidence interval: 0.48⁻1.78) in females and 0.49(0.22⁻1.08) in males aged 20⁻39 years, and 1.15(95% confidence interval: 0.66⁻1.99) in females and 1.02(0.61⁻1.72) in males above 40 years. The unadjusted odds ratio for acne in TT+TC vs. CC was 0.84(0.43⁻1.62) in the age group 20⁻39 years, and 0.99(0.52⁻1.88) above 40 years. We did not find any observational or genetic association between milk intake and acne in our population of adults.",
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