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A phenome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation study of alcohol use variants in a diverse cohort comprising over 3 million individuals.
EBioMedicine - 1 May 2024
Jennings Mariela V, Martínez-Magaña José Jaime, Courchesne-Krak Natasia S, Cupertino Renata B, Vilar-Ribó Laura, Bianchi Sevim B, Hatoum Alexander S, Atkinson Elizabeth G, Giusti-Rodriguez Paola, Montalvo-Ortiz Janitza L, Gelernter Joel, Artigas María Soler, Elson Sarah L, Edenberg Howard J, Fontanillas Pierre, Palmer Abraham A, Sanchez-Roige Sandra
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BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption is associated with numerous negative social and health outcomes. These associations may be direct consequences of drinking, or they may reflect common genetic factors that influence both alcohol consumption and other outcomes. METHODS: We performed exploratory phenome-wide association studies (PheWAS) of three of the best studied protective single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in...
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