Association analysis between an epigenetic alcohol risk score and blood pressure

Abstract Background Epigenome‐wide association studies have identified multiple DNA methylation sites (CpGs) associated with alcohol consumption, an important lifestyle risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that an alcohol consumption epigenetic risk score...

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Published in:	Clinical Epigenetics
Main Authors:	Helena Bui, Amena Keshawarz, Mengyao Wang, Mikyeong Lee, Scott M. Ratliff, Lisha Lin, Kira S. Birditt, Jessica D. Faul, Annette Peters, Christian Gieger, Thomas Delerue, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Wei Zhao, Xiuqing Guo, Jie Yao, Jerome I. Rotter, Yi Li, Xue Liu, Dan Liu, Juliana F. Tavares, Gökhan Pehlivan, Monique M. B. Breteler, Irma Karabegovic, Carolina Ochoa-Rosales, Trudy Voortman, Mohsen Ghanbari, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, Mohamed Kamal Nasr, Marcus Dörr, Hans J. Grabe, Stephanie J. London, Alexander Teumer, Melanie Waldenberger, David R. Weir, Jennifer A. Smith, Daniel Levy, Jiantao Ma, Chunyu Liu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-10-01
Subjects:	Epigenetic risk score DNA methylation Blood pressure Hypertension Alcohol
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-024-01753-4