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Alcohol Consumption Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Obese Patients with COVID-19: A Mendelian Randomization Study Using UK Biobank.
Nutrients - 10 May 2021
Fan Xiude, Liu Zhengwen, Poulsen Kyle L, Wu Xiaoqin, Miyata Tatsunori, Dasarathy Srinivasan, Rotroff Daniel M, Nagy Laura E
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BACKGROUND: Acute and chronic alcohol abuse has adverse impacts on both the innate and adaptive immune response, which may result in reduced resistance to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and promote the progression of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, there are no large population-based data evaluating potential causal associations between alcohol consumption and...
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