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Genetically determined tobacco and alcohol use and risk of atrial fibrillation.
BMC medical genomics - 9 Mar 2021
Lu Yunlong, Guo Yan, Lin Hefeng, Wang Zhen, Zheng Liangrong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The causality between the use of alcohol and cigarettes and atrial fibrillation (AF) remains controversial. We conducted a Mendelian randomization (MR) study to evaluate the association of genetic variants related to tobacco and alcohol use with AF. METHODS: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to smoking initiation (N = 374), age at initiation of regular smoking (N = 10), cigarettes per day...
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