Exploring causal associations of alcohol with cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in a Chinese population using Mendelian randomization analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Taylor, Amy E ^a   Lu, Feng ^b,c   Carslake, David ^a   Hu, Zhibin ^b   Qian, Yun ^b,d   Liu, Sijun ^b   Chen, Jiaping ^b   Shen, Hongbing ^b   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Department of Chronic Non communicable Disease Control Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; ALDH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE, MITOCHONDRIAL; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84941584522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14005     Document Type: Article

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