Moderate Alcohol Use and Cardiovascular Disease from Mendelian Randomization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Au Yeung, Shiu Lun ^a   Jiang, Chaoqiang ^b   Cheng, Kar Keung ^c   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Liu, Bin ^b   Zhang, Weisen ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangzhou Number 12 Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; GLUCOSE; GUANINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALDH2 GENE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FASTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84880456406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068054     Document Type: Article

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