Investigating the causal effect of smoking on hay fever and asthma: A Mendelian randomization meta-analysis in the CARTA consortium

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Skaaby, Tea ^a   Taylor, Amy E ^b   Jacobsen, Rikke K ^a   Paternoster, Lavinia ^b   Thuesen, Betina H ^a   Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S ^c,d,e   Larsen, Sofus C ^f   Zhou, Ang ^g   Wong, Andrew ^h   Gabrielsen, Maiken E ⁱ   Bjørngaard, Johan H ^i,j   Flexeder, Claudia ^k   Männistö, Satu ^l   Hardy, Rebecca ^h   Kuh, Diana ^h   Barry, Sarah J ^m   Møllehave, Line Tang ^a   Cerqueira, Charlotte ^a   Friedrich, Nele ^a,n   Bonten, Tobias N ^o   Noordam, Raymond ^o   Mook Kanamori, Dennis O ^o,p   Taube, Christian ^q   Jessen, Leon E ^c   McConnachie, Alex ^m   Sattar, Naveed ^m   Upton, Mark N ^r   McSharry, Charles ^s   Bønnelykke, Klaus ^c   Bisgaard, Hans ^c   Schulz, Holger ^k,t   Strauch, Konstantin ^k,u   Meitinger, Thomas ^k,v,w   Peters, Annette ^k,w   Grallert, Harald ^k,x   Nohr, Ellen A ^y   Kivimaki, Mika ^h   Kumari, Meena ^z   Völker, Uwe ⁿ   Nauck, Matthias ⁿ   Völzke, Henry ⁿ   Power, Chris ^aa   Hyppönen, Elina ^g,aa,ab   Hansen, Torben ^d   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,ac,ad   Pedersen, Oluf ^d   Salomaa, Veikko ^l   Grarup, Niels ^d   Langhammer, Arnulf ⁱ   Romundstad, Pål R ⁱ   Skorpen, Frank ⁱ   Kaprio, Jaakko ^l,ae   Munafò, Marcus R ^b   Linneberg, Allan ^a,ac,af   more..

^a The Research Unit for General Practice in Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Capital Region   (Denmark)

^e STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^f C/L Psychiatry Clinic Bispebjerg   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^j TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^l NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^o LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^p KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^r Helmsley Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^t German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^v TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^w DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^x GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

^y UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^z UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ab SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^ad AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^af University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ASTHMA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLLEN ALLERGY; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ASTHMA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019722877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01977-w     Document Type: Article

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