Alcohol intake and risk of ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke: Results from a mendelian randomisation study

Journal of Stroke

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 218-227

  Christensen, Anne I ^a   Nordestgaard, Børge G ^b,c   Tolstrup, Janne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Incidence; Mendelian randomisation; Prospective studies; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 1B; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 1C; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 85047930231     PISSN: 22876391     EISSN: 22876405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5853/jos.2017.01466     Document Type: Article

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