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Smoking Reduces Plasma Bilirubin: Observational and Genetic Analyses in the Copenhagen General Population Study.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 27 Jan 2020
Kodal Jakob B, Çolak Yunus, Kobylecki Camilla J, Vedel-Krogh Signe, Nordestgaard Børge G, Afzal Shoaib
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INTRODUCTION: Observational studies have found lower concentrations of plasma bilirubin in current smokers compared with former and never smokers. However, whether there is a causal relationship between smoking and bilirubin is unknown. In a Mendelian randomization analysis, we tested the hypothesis that higher tobacco consumption is causally associated with lower concentrations of plasma bilirubin. METHODS: We...
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