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Alcohol consumption and lifetime change in cognitive ability: a gene × environment interaction study.
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2014
Ritchie Stuart J, Bates Timothy C, Corley Janie, McNeill Geraldine, Davies Gail, Liewald David C, Starr John M, Deary Ian J
Abstract excerpt
Studies of the effect of alcohol consumption on cognitive ability are often confounded. One approach to avoid confounding is the Mendelian randomization design. Here, we used such a design to test the hypothesis that a genetic score for alcohol processing capacity moderates the association between alcohol consumption and lifetime change in cognitive ability. Members of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 completed the...
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