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Cigarette smoking and schizophrenia: Mendelian randomisation study.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Feb 2021
Chen Jianhua, Chen Ruirui, Xiang Siying, Li Ningning, Gao Chengwen, Wu Chuanhong, Zhang Qian, Zhao Yalin, Liao Yanhui, Stewart Robert, Xu Yifeng, Shi Yongyong, Li Zhiqiang
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BACKGROUND: The link between schizophrenia and cigarette smoking has been well established through observational studies. However, the cause-effect relationship remains unclear. AIMS: We conducted Mendelian randomisation analyses to assess any causal relationship between genetic variants related to four smoking-related traits and the risk of schizophrenia. METHOD: We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomisation...
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