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

Observational studies suggest that moderate alcohol consumption may be protective for cardiovascular disease, but results may be biased by confounding and reverse causality. Mendelian randomization, which uses genetic variants as proxies for exposures, can minimise these biases and therefore strengt...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Amy E., Lu, Feng, Carslake, David, Hu, Zhibin, Qian, Yun, Liu, Sijun, Chen, Jiaping, Shen, Hongbing, Smith, George Davey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4568464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26364564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14005

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4568464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26364564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14005

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