Journal article
Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To use the rs1229984 variant in the alcohol dehydrogenase 1B gene (ADH1B) as an instrument to investigate the causal role of alcohol in cardiovascular disease.
DESIGN: Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis of 56 epidemiological studies.
Authors
Holmes MV; Dale CE; Zuccolo L; Silverwood RJ; Guo Y; Ye Z; Prieto-Merino D; Dehghan A; Trompet S; Wong A
Journal
The BMJ, Vol. 349, No. jul10 6,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
July 10, 2014
DOI
10.1136/bmj.g4164
ISSN
0959-8138