Increased alcohol consumption as a cause of alcoholism, without similar evidence for depression: A Mendelian randomization study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 526-539

  Wium Andersen, Marie Kim ^a,b   Ørsted, David Dynnes ^a,b   Tolstrup, Janne Schurmann ^c   Nordestgaard, Børge Grønne ^a,b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol dehydrogenase gene; Alcoholism; Antidepressant medication; Depression; General population; Mendelian randomization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 1B; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 1C; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DRUG USER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSAL MODELING; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

COPENHAGEN [(CTY) HOVEDSTADEN]; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936773291     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu220     Document Type: Article

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