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Polygenic risk score for alcohol drinking behavior improves prediction of inflammatory bowel disease risk.
Human molecular genetics - 30 Apr 2021
Di Narzo Antonio F, Hart Amy, Kosoy Roman, Peters Lauren, Stojmirovic Aleksandar, Cheng Haoxiang, Zhang Zhongyang, Shan Mingxu, Cho Judy, Kasarskis Andrew, Argmann Carmen, Peter Inga, Schadt Eric E, Hao Ke
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies have long recognized risky behaviors as potentially modifiable factors for the onset and flares of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); yet, the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Recently, the genetic susceptibilities to cigarette smoking, alcohol and cannabis use [i.e. substance use (SU)] have been characterized by well-powered genome-wide association studies (GWASs). We aimed to...
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