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Appraising the causal relationship between plasma caffeine levels and neuropsychiatric disorders through Mendelian randomization.
BMC medicine - 8 Aug 2023
Woolf Benjamin, Cronjé Héléne T, Zagkos Loukas, Burgess Stephen, Gill Dipender, Larsson Susanna C
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BACKGROUND: Caffeine exposure modifies the turnover of monoamine neurotransmitters, which play a role in several neuropsychiatric disorders. We conducted a Mendelian randomization study to investigate whether higher plasma caffeine levels are causally associated with the risk of anorexia nervosa, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), and schizophrenia. METHODS: Summary-level data on the...
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