Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment 2024;51(7):567-572

doi:10.3971/j.issn.1000-8578.2024.23.1053

Causal Association Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Risk of Breast Cancer:A Mendelian Randomization Study

Jiaqi WANG 1 ; Wei TANG ; Xiao HUANG ; Deyuan FU

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Keywords

Omega-3 fatty acids; Breast cancer; Mendelian randomization; Genome-wide association studies

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To explore the causal relationship between Omega-3 fatty acids and the risk of breast cancer via Mendelian randomization analysis.Methods Analysis was conducted on data from genome-wide association studies(GWASs)on Omega-3 fatty acids and breast cancer.The selected instrumental variables(IVs)comprised genetic loci associated with Omega-3 fatty acids.Various Mendelian randomization analysis methods,including inverse-variance weighted(IVW)method,MR-Egger regression analysis,weighted median,simple models,and weighted models,were used to evaluate the causal relationship between Omega-3 fatty acids and the risk of breast cancer.Results A total of 47 single-nucleotide polymorphisms strongly associated with Omega-3 fatty acids were selected as IVs.The analysis methods,including IVW method,revealed no causal relationship between Omega-3 fatty acids and the risk of breast cancer(P>0.05).Analysis methods,such as MR-Egger regression analysis,did not detect significant gene-level pleiotropy(P=0.319),which indicates the high sensitivity and robustness of analysis results.Conclusion The findings of this study suggest the absence of a causal relationship between Omega-3 fatty acids and the risk of breast cancer.