Increased alcohol consumption as a cause of alcoholism, without similar evidence for depression: a Mendelian randomization study | Zendy

Marie Kim WiumAndersen | Zendy; David D. Ørsted | Zendy; Janne Schurmann Tolstrup | Zendy; Børge G. Nordestgaard | Zendy

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Increased alcohol consumption as a cause of alcoholism, without similar evidence for depression: a Mendelian randomization study

Author(s) -

Marie Kim WiumAndersen,

David D. Ørsted,

Janne Schurmann Tolstrup,

Børge G. Nordestgaard

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyu220

Subject(s) - mendelian randomization , medicine , hazard ratio , odds ratio , observational study , depression (economics) , confidence interval , population , psychiatry , genotype , genetics , biology , macroeconomics , environmental health , genetic variants , gene , economics

Increased alcohol consumption has been associated with depression and alcoholism, but whether these associations are causal remains unclear. We tested whether alcohol consumption is causally associated with depression and alcoholism.

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