Evaluation of Moderate Alcohol Use With QT Interval and Heart Rate Using Mendelian Randomization Analysis Among Older Southern Chinese Men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 320-327

  Au Yeung, Shiu Lun ^a   Jiang, Chaoqiang ^b   Long, Meijing ^a   Cheng, Kar Keung ^c   Liu, Bin ^b   Zhang, Weisen ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Leung, Gabriel Matthew ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangzhou No 12 Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; Chinese; electrocardiogram; Mendelian randomization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALCOHOL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALDH2 GENE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION STUDY; GENE; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QT INTERVAL; QTC INTERVAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; TEA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHINA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84940195583     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv069     Document Type: Article

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