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Alcohol consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation: Observational and genetic estimates of association.
European journal of preventive cardiology - 1 Sept 2016
Tolstrup Janne Schurmann, Wium-Andersen Marie Kim, Ørsted David Dynnes, Nordestgaard Børge Grønne
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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that alcohol consumption, both observational (self-reported) and estimated by genetic instruments, is associated with a risk of atrial fibrillation and to determine whether people with high cardiovascular risk are more sensitive towards alcohol than people with low risk. METHODS: We used data for a total of 88,782 men and women from the Copenhagen City...
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