Obesity may increase risk of some female reproductive disorders (IMAGE)

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Obesity may increase risk of some female reproductive disorders

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Obesity is associated with risk of female reproductive conditions. Our work shows that the estimated genetic and observational effects of obesity on various reproductive conditions are heterogeneous and partly mediated by hormones. We further see that reproductive disorders cluster by the shared genetic effect of obesity.

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Samvida S. Venkatesh, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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