Alcohol Use and Gamma-Glutamyltransferase Using a Mendelian Randomization Design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Alcohol Use and Gamma-Glutamyltransferase Using a Mendelian Randomization Design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Observational studies and small intervention studies suggest alcohol raises gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT). We used Mendelian randomization to assess the causal effect of alcohol use on GGT in older Chinese people.An instrumental variable (IV) analysis in 2,321 men and 2,757 women aged 50+ years fr...

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Main Authors: Lin Xu, Chao Qiang Jiang, Kar Keung Cheng, Shiu Lun Ryan Au Yeung, Wei Sen Zhang, Tai Hing Lam, Catherine Mary Schooling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4565586?pdf=render

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