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For the diseases, the odds ratio per 1\u2010SD increase in genetically predicted BMI (4.77\u2009kg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ) ranged from 1.22 (95% CI: 1.12\u20131.34;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.0001) for NAFLD to 1.65 (95% CI: 1.31\u20132.06;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.0001) for cholecystitis. Genetically predicted WC was robustly associated with increased risk of NAFLD, alcoholic liver disease, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, colon cancer, and gastric cancer. Alcoholic liver disease was consistently associated with WC even after adjusting for alcohol consumption in a multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis. 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