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Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

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Abstract

Objective

To use the rs1229984 variant in the alcohol dehydrogenase 1B gene (ADH1B) as an instrument to investigate the causal role of alcohol in cardiovascular disease.

Design

Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis of 56 epidemiological studies.

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676
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Authors

155

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Association (psychology)
  • Disease
  • Mendelian inheritance
  • Mendelian randomization
  • Medicine
  • Computer science
  • Bioinformatics
  • Data science
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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