Figure 2. Gene-specific Mendelian randomization estimates (odds ratio with 95% confidence interval per one standard deviation increase in lipid fraction) for variants in gene regions representing targets of lipid-lowering treatments.
Estimates are scaled to a one standard deviation increase in LDL-cholesterol for the HMGCR, PCSK9, LDLR, and NPC1L1 regions, and a one standard deviation increase in triglycerides for the APOC3 and LPL regions. A: associations with overall cancer for each gene region in turn. B: associations with site-specific cancers for variants in the HMGCR gene region.