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Investigating causality between liability to ADHD and substance use, and liability to substance use and ADHD risk, using Mendelian randomization.
Addiction biology - 1 Jan 2021
Treur Jorien L, Demontis Ditte, Smith George Davey, Sallis Hannah, Richardson Tom G, Wiers Reinout W, Børglum Anders D, Verweij Karin J H, Munafò Marcus R
Abstract excerpt
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has consistently been associated with substance use, but the nature of this association is not fully understood. To inform intervention development and public health messages, a vital question is whether there are causal pathways from ADHD to substance use and/or vice versa. We applied bidirectional Mendelian randomization, using summary-level data from the largest...
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