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Harrison S, Davies AR, Dickson M, Tyrrell J, Green MJ, Katikireddi SV, Campbell D, Munafò M, Dixon P, Jones HE, Rice F, Davies NM, Howe LD. The causal effects of health conditions and risk factors on social and socioeconomic outcomes: Mendelian randomization in UK Biobank. Int J Epidemiol 2020; 49:1661-1681. [PMID: 32808034 PMCID: PMC7746412 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We aimed to estimate the causal effect of health conditions and risk factors on social and socioeconomic outcomes in UK Biobank. Evidence on socioeconomic impacts is important to understand because it can help governments, policy makers and decision makers allocate resources efficiently and effectively. METHODS We used Mendelian randomization to estimate the causal effects of eight health conditions (asthma, breast cancer, coronary heart disease, depression, eczema, migraine, osteoarthritis, type 2 diabetes) and five health risk factors [alcohol intake, body mass index (BMI), cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, smoking] on 19 social and socioeconomic outcomes in 336 997 men and women of White British ancestry in UK Biobank, aged between 39 and 72 years. Outcomes included annual household income, employment, deprivation [measured by the Townsend deprivation index (TDI)], degree-level education, happiness, loneliness and 13 other social and socioeconomic outcomes. RESULTS Results suggested that BMI, smoking and alcohol intake affect many socioeconomic outcomes. For example, smoking was estimated to reduce household income [mean difference = -£22 838, 95% confidence interval (CI): -£31 354 to -£14 321] and the chance of owning accommodation [absolute percentage change (APC) = -20.8%, 95% CI: -28.2% to -13.4%], of being satisfied with health (APC = -35.4%, 95% CI: -51.2% to -19.5%) and of obtaining a university degree (APC = -65.9%, 95% CI: -81.4% to -50.4%), while also increasing deprivation (mean difference in TDI = 1.73, 95% CI: 1.02 to 2.44, approximately 216% of a decile of TDI). There was evidence that asthma decreased household income, the chance of obtaining a university degree and the chance of cohabiting, and migraine reduced the chance of having a weekly leisure or social activity, especially in men. For other associations, estimates were null. CONCLUSIONS Higher BMI, alcohol intake and smoking were all estimated to adversely affect multiple social and socioeconomic outcomes. Effects were not detected between health conditions and socioeconomic outcomes using Mendelian randomization, with the exceptions of depression, asthma and migraines. This may reflect true null associations, selection bias given the relative health and age of participants in UK Biobank, and/or lack of power to detect effects.
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- Sean Harrison
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Research and Evaluation Division, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Building, RD&E Hospital Wonford, Exeter, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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García-González J, Ramírez J, Howard DM, Brennan CH, Munroe PB, Keers R. The effects of polygenic risk for psychiatric disorders and smoking behaviour on psychotic experiences in UK Biobank. Transl Psychiatry 2020; 10:330. [PMID: 32989213 PMCID: PMC7523004 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-01009-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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While psychotic experiences are core symptoms of mental health disorders like schizophrenia, they are also reported by 5-10% of the population. Both smoking behaviour and genetic risk for psychiatric disorders have been associated with psychotic experiences, but the interplay between these factors remains poorly understood. We tested whether smoking status, maternal smoking around birth, and number of packs smoked/year were associated with lifetime occurrence of three psychotic experiences phenotypes: delusions (n = 2067), hallucinations (n = 6689), and any psychotic experience (delusions or hallucinations; n = 7803) in 157,366 UK Biobank participants. We next calculated polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia (PRSSCZ), bipolar disorder (PRSBP), major depression (PRSDEP) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (PRSADHD) in 144,818 UK Biobank participants of European ancestry to assess whether association between smoking and psychotic experiences was attenuated after adjustment of diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and the PRSs. Finally, we investigated whether smoking exacerbates the effects of genetic predisposition on the psychotic phenotypes in gene-environment interaction models. Smoking status, maternal smoking, and number of packs smoked/year were associated with psychotic experiences (p < 1.77 × 10-5). Except for packs smoked/year, effects were attenuated but remained significant after adjustment for diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and PRSs (p < 1.99 × 10-3). Gene-environment interaction models showed the effects of PRSDEP and PRSADHD (but not PRSSCZ or PRSBP) on delusions (but not hallucinations) were significantly greater in current smokers compared to never smokers (p < 0.002). There were no significant gene-environment interactions for maternal smoking nor for number of packs smoked/year. Our results suggest that both genetic risk of psychiatric disorders and smoking status may have independent and synergistic effects on specific types of psychotic experiences.
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- Judit García-González
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK.
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- Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
- NIHR Barts Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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Larsson SC, Mason AM, Bäck M, Klarin D, Damrauer SM, Michaëlsson K, Burgess S. Genetic predisposition to smoking in relation to 14 cardiovascular diseases. Eur Heart J 2020; 41:3304-3310. [PMID: 32300774 PMCID: PMC7544540 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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AIMS The aim of this study was to use Mendelian randomization (MR) to determine the causality of the association between smoking and 14 different cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). METHODS AND RESULTS Our primary genetic instrument comprised 361 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with smoking initiation (ever smoked regularly) at genome-wide significance. Data on the associations between the SNPs and 14 CVDs were obtained from the UK Biobank study (N = 367 643 individuals), CARDIoGRAMplusC4D consortium (N = 184 305 individuals), Atrial Fibrillation Consortium (2017 dataset; N = 154 432 individuals), and Million Veteran Program (MVP; N = 190 266 individuals). The main analyses were conducted using the random-effects inverse-variance weighted method and complemented with multivariable MR analyses and the weighted median and MR-Egger approaches. Genetic predisposition to smoking initiation was most strongly and consistently associated with higher odds of coronary artery disease, heart failure, abdominal aortic aneurysm, ischaemic stroke, transient ischaemic attack, peripheral arterial disease, and arterial hypertension. Genetic predisposition to smoking initiation was additionally associated with higher odds of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the UK Biobank but not with venous thromboembolism in the MVP. There was limited evidence of causal associations of smoking initiation with atrial fibrillation, aortic valve stenosis, thoracic aortic aneurysm, and intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage. CONCLUSION This MR study supports a causal association between smoking and a broad range of CVDs, in particular, coronary artery disease, heart failure, abdominal aortic aneurysm, ischaemic stroke, transient ischaemic attack, peripheral arterial disease, and arterial hypertension.
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- Susanna C Larsson
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden
- Unit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden
- Division of Valvular and Coronary Disease, Heart and Vascular Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm 14186, Sweden
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- Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02132-4927, USA
- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
- Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Surgery, Perlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
- MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB20SR, UK
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Jacob L, López-Sánchez GF, Carvalho AF, Shin JI, Oh H, Yang L, Veronese N, Soysal P, Grabovac I, Koyanagi A, Smith L. Associations between mental and oral health in Spain: a cross-sectional study of more than 23,000 people aged 15 years and over. J Affect Disord 2020; 274:67-72. [PMID: 32469833 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate associations between mental health and several parameters of oral health, controlling for a variety of important covariates, in a large representative sample of Spanish people. METHODS Data from the Spanish National Health Survey 2017 were analysed. Mental (i.e., depression, chronic anxiety, other psychiatric disorders) and oral health (i.e., dental caries, dental extraction, dental filling, gingival bleeding, tooth movement, dental material, missing tooth) were evaluated. Control variables included sex, age, marital status, education, smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical multimorbidity. Associations between psychiatric conditions (independent variables) and the number of poor oral health outcomes (dependent variable) were assessed using Poisson regression models. The associations were investigated in the overall population, in married participants and in those who were single/widowed/divorced/separated. RESULTS There were 23,089 participants [54.1% women; mean (standard deviation) age 53.4 (18.9) years]. The prevalence of at least one psychiatric condition was 15.4% in the overall sample, while the mean (standard deviation) number of poor oral health outcomes was 2.9 (1.4). There was a positive association between any psychiatric condition and the number of poor oral health outcomes [incidence rate ratio (IRR)=1.10; 95% confidence interval: 1.07-1.12], and there was a significant interaction between any psychiatric condition and marital status. The association was stronger in those participants who were single/widowed/divorced/separated. LIMITATIONS Cross-sectional study. Oral and mental health were assessed with Yes/No questions. Exposure, outcome and covariates were self-reported. CONCLUSIONS Those with poor mental health have worse oral health but being married has some protective benefits.
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- Louis Jacob
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux 78180, France; Research and Development Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM, Dr. Antoni Pujadas, 42, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 08830, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work, 1149 Hill St Suite 1422, Los Angeles, CA 90015, United States
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Cancer Control Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Canada; Department of Oncology and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- National Research Council, Neuroscience Institute, Aging Branch, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre of Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Research and Development Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM, Dr. Antoni Pujadas, 42, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 08830, Spain; ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 1PT
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Associations of cigarette smoking with psychiatric disorders: evidence from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13807. [PMID: 32796876 PMCID: PMC7427799 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70458-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization study to determine the association of smoking initiation with seven psychiatric disorders. We used 353 independent single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with cigarette smoking initiation as instrumental variables at genome-wide significance threshold (p < 5 × 10−8) from a recent genome-wide association study in 1,232,091 European-origin participants. Summary-level data for seven psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, bipolar disorder, insomnia, major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide attempts, and schizophrenia, was obtained from large genetic consortia and genome-wide association studies. The odds ratios of genetically predicted smoking initiation were 1.96 for suicide attempts (95% CI 1.70, 2.27; p = 4.5 × 10−20), 1.69 for post-traumatic stress disorder (95% CI 1.32, 2.16; p = 2.5 × 10−5), 1.54 for schizophrenia (95% CI 1.35, 1.75; p = 1.6 × 10−10), 1.41 for bipolar disorder (95% CI 1.25, 1.59; p = 1.8 × 10−8), 1.38 for major depressive disorder (95% CI 1.31, 1.45; p = 2.3 × 10−38), 1.20 for insomnia (95% CI 1.14, 1.25; p = 6.0 × 10−14) and 1.17 for anxiety (95% CI 0.98, 1.40; p = 0.086). Results of sensitivity analyses were consistent and no horizontal pleiotropy was detected in MR-Egger analysis. However, the associations with suicide attempts, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and anxiety might be related to possible reverse causality or weak instrument bias. This study found that cigarette smoking was causally associated with increased risks of a number of psychiatric disorders. The causal effects of smoking on suicide attempts, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and anxiety needs further research.
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Shen M, Liu X, Li G, Li Z, Zhou H. Lifetime Smoking and Asthma: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Front Genet 2020; 11:769. [PMID: 32903690 PMCID: PMC7438748 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Evidence from clinical and epidemiological studies indicates that asthma is associated with allergic diseases including hay fever, allergic rhinitis, and eczema. Genetic analysis demonstrated that asthma had a positive genetic correlation with allergic diseases. A Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using the rs16969968 single-nucleotide variant as the instrumental variable indicated that smoking was associated with increased risk of asthma. However, in a different MR analysis, smoking was significantly associated with reduced hay fever and reduced allergic sensitization risk. These findings revealed inconsistencies in the association of smoking with asthma and allergic diseases. Hence, we conducted an updated MR analysis to investigate the causal association between lifetime smoking and asthma risk by using 124 genetic variants as the instrumental variables. No significant pleiotropy was detected using the MR-Egger intercept test. We found that increased lifetime smoking was significantly associated with decreased asthma risk by using the inverse variance weighted (IVW) method (OR = 0.97, 95% CI 0.956-0.986, and P = 1.77E-04), the weighted median regression method (OR = 0.976, 95% CI 0.96-0.994, and P = 8.00E-03), and the MR-Egger method (OR = 0.919, 95% CI 0.847-0.998, and P = 4.5E-02). Importantly, MR pleiotropy residual sum and outlier (MR-PRESSO) MR analysis also indicated a significant association between increased lifetime smoking and decreased asthma risk with OR = 0.971, 95% CI 0.956-0.986, and P = 2.69E-04. After the outlier was removed, MR-PRESSO outlier test further supported the significant association with OR = 0.971, 95% CI 0.959-0.984, P = 1.57E-05.
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- Ming Shen
- Respiratory Hospital of Angang General Hospital, Anshan, China
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- Respiratory Hospital of Angang General Hospital, Anshan, China
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- Respiratory Hospital of Angang General Hospital, Anshan, China
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- Respiratory Hospital of Angang General Hospital, Anshan, China
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- Respiratory Hospital of Angang General Hospital, Anshan, China
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Asharani PV, Ling Seet VA, Abdin E, Siva Kumar FD, Wang P, Roystonn K, Lee YY, Cetty L, Teh WL, Verma S, Mok YM, Fung DSS, Chong SA, Subramaniam M. Smoking and Mental Illness: Prevalence, Patterns and Correlates of Smoking and Smoking Cessation among Psychiatric Patients. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17155571. [PMID: 32752263 PMCID: PMC7432787 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17155571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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This study aims to understand (a) the prevalence and correlates of smoking in a psychiatric population, (b) factors that encourage smoking cessation, and (c) awareness towards cessation programmes. This study captured data (n = 380) through a modified version of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). A descriptive analysis of the data was performed. The prevalence of smoking was 39.5% (n = 150) and 52.3% of the smokers were dependent on nicotine. More than half of the smokers had made at least one attempt to quit in the past 12 months and 56% reported no immediate plans to quit smoking. The awareness towards institutional smoking cessation programmes was fair (44%), with 49.7% of smokers having indicated that they were willing to use the service upon referral. Smokers endorsed that increasing the cost of cigarettes, restricting availability, and increasing knowledge of health harms could encourage smoking cessation. Past smokers reported that self-determination/willpower followed by substitution of smoking with other types of foods and drinks were factors that helped them achieve successful cessation. Given that the readiness to quit and awareness towards cessation programmes are low among the smokers, concerted efforts through educational programmes and policy changes are crucial to achieve successful cessation.
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- P. V. Asharani
- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +65-63892961
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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- Early Psychosis Intervention Programme, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore;
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- Department of Mood and Anxiety, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore;
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747, Singapore; (V.A.L.S.); (E.A.); (F.D.S.K.); (P.W.); (K.R.); (Y.Y.L.); (L.C.); (W.L.T.); (S.A.C.); (M.S.)
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Zheng J, Brion MJ, Kemp JP, Warrington NM, Borges MC, Hemani G, Richardson TG, Rasheed H, Qiao Z, Haycock P, Ala-Korpela M, Davey Smith G, Tobias JH, Evans DM. The Effect of Plasma Lipids and Lipid-Lowering Interventions on Bone Mineral Density: A Mendelian Randomization Study. J Bone Miner Res 2020; 35:1224-1235. [PMID: 32163637 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Several epidemiological studies have reported a relationship between statin treatment and increased bone mineral density (BMD) and reduced fracture risk, but the mechanism underlying the purported relationship is unclear. We used Mendelian randomization (MR) to assess whether this relationship is explained by a specific effect in response to statin use or by a general effect of lipid lowering. We utilized 400 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) robustly associated with plasma lipid levels as exposure. The outcome results were obtained from a heel estimated BMD (eBMD) genomewide association study (GWAS) from the UK Biobank and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) BMD at four body sites and fracture GWAS from the GEFOS consortium. We performed univariate and multivariable MR analyses of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglyceride levels on BMD and fracture. Univariate MR analyses suggested a causal effect of LDL-C on eBMD (β = -0.06; standard deviation change in eBMD per standard deviation change in LDL-C, 95% confidence interval [CI] = -0.08 to -0.04; p = 4 × 10-6 ), total body BMD (β = -0.05, 95% CI = -0.08 to -0.01, p = 6 × 10-3 ) and potentially on lumbar spine BMD. Multivariable MR suggested that the effects of LDL-C on eBMD and total body BMD were independent of HDL-C and triglycerides. Sensitivity MR analyses suggested that the LDL-C results were robust to pleiotropy. MR analyses of LDL-C restricted to SNPs in the HMGCR region showed similar effects on eBMD (β = -0.083; -0.132 to -0.034; p = .001) to those excluding these SNPs (β = -0.063; -0.090 to -0.036; p = 8 × 10-6 ). Bidirectional MR analyses provided some evidence for a causal effect of eBMD on plasma LDL-C levels. Our results suggest that effects of statins on eBMD and total body BMD are at least partly due to their LDL-C lowering effect. Further studies are required to examine the potential role of modifying plasma lipid levels in treating osteoporosis. © 2020 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Jie Zheng
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,Systems Epidemiology, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Computational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,NMR Metabolomics Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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van Binnendijk S, van Amsterdam JGC, Snijder MB, Schene AH, Derks EM, van den Brink W. Contribution of Alcohol and Nicotine Dependence to the Prevalence of Depressed Mood in Different Ethnic Groups in The Netherlands: The HELIUS Study. J Dual Diagn 2020; 16:271-284. [PMID: 32552497 DOI: 10.1080/15504263.2020.1772526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Objective: Ethnic minorities report different levels of drinking and smoking and higher rates of depression compared to native populations. In this study we aimed to investigate in six ethnic groups whether tobacco and alcohol use were associated with depressive symptoms, which are more prevalent in ethnic minorities.Methods: Cross-sectional data from the multi-ethnic Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) study sample (N = 22,471) was used, comprising 4,580 native Dutch participants which were compared with participants from five ethnic minority groups (3,259 South Asian Surinamese, 4,292 African Surinamese, 2,262 Ghanaian, 3,891 Turkish, and 4,187 Moroccan).Results: Alcohol misuse was positively associated with depressed mood in all ethnic groups except for the Dutch and the Ghanaians. Nicotine dependence was positively associated with depressed mood in all ethnic groups except for the Ghanaian group.Conclusions: Alcohol misuse and nicotine dependence were significantly associated with depressed mood in most but not all ethnic groups and especially in men. However, across all groups the contribution of alcohol misuse and nicotine dependence to depressed mood was small. Prospective multi-ethnic studies should confirm whether the relations are causal and elucidate their direction.
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- Simone van Binnendijk
- Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Translational Neurogenomics group, QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Vandebergh M, Goris A. Smoking and multiple sclerosis risk: a Mendelian randomization study. J Neurol 2020; 267:3083-3091. [PMID: 32529581 PMCID: PMC7501136 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-09980-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND Striking changes in the demographic pattern of multiple sclerosis (MS) strongly indicate an influence of modifiable exposures, which lend themselves well to intervention. It is important to pinpoint which of the many environmental, lifestyle, and sociodemographic changes that have occurred over the past decades, such as higher smoking and obesity rates, are responsible. Mendelian randomization (MR) is an elegant tool to overcome limitations inherent to observational studies and leverage human genetics to inform prevention strategies in MS. METHODS We use genetic variants from the largest genome-wide association study for smoking phenotypes (initiation: N = 378, heaviness: N = 55, lifetime smoking: N = 126) and body mass index (BMI, N = 656) and apply these as instrumental variables in a two-sample MR analysis to the most recent meta-analysis for MS. We adjust for the genetic correlation between smoking and BMI in a multivariable MR. RESULTS In univariable and multivariable MR, smoking does not have an effect on MS risk nor explains part of the association between BMI and MS risk. In contrast, in both analyses each standard deviation increase in BMI, corresponding to roughly 5 kg/m2 units, confers a 30% increase in MS risk. CONCLUSION Despite observational studies repeatedly reporting an association between smoking and increased risk for MS, MR analyses on smoking phenotypes and MS risk could not confirm a causal relationship. This is in contrast with BMI, where observational studies and MR agree on a causal contribution. The reasons for the discrepancy between observational studies and our MR study concerning smoking and MS require further investigation.
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- Marijne Vandebergh
- Department of Neurosciences, Laboratory for Neuroimmunology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 bus 1022, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosciences, Laboratory for Neuroimmunology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 bus 1022, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. .,Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Qian Y, Zhang L, Wu DJH, Xie Z, Wen C, Mao Y. Genetic predisposition to smoking is associated with risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a Mendelian randomization study. Arthritis Res Ther 2020; 22:44. [PMID: 32143697 PMCID: PMC7060545 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-020-2134-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although observational epidemiological studies have found that smoking is positively associated with risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), assessing the causality of this relationship has remained elusive because conventional observational studies are susceptible to bias such as confounding and reverse causation. Here, we applied the Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to examine the potential causal relationship between smoking and risk of RA. METHODS Summary statistics data for RA were obtained from a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including 14,361 RA cases and 43,923 controls of European ancestry. The instrumental variables (IV) and the genetic association estimates for smoking initiation and lifetime smoking were obtained from a GWAS meta-analysis including 1,232,091 individuals and a GWAS of 462,690 individuals of European ancestry, respectively. MR analyses were performed using the inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method and supplemented with the weighted-median method. Potential pleiotropy was assessed using the MR-Pleiotropy RESidual Sum and Outlier (MR-PRESSO) test and MR-Egger regression. Sensitivity analyses were further performed to test the robustness of the association. RESULTS We found that compared with never smokers, genetic predisposition to smoking initiation was positively associated with risk of RA (odds ratio (OR) = 1.32, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.15-1.52, P = 9.17 × 10-5 using the IVW method). Similarly, genetically predicted lifetime smoking was associated with an increased risk of RA (OR = 1.55, 95% CI = 1.13-2.14, P = 0.007). Sensitivity analyses using alternative MR methods and different sets of IVs produced similar results, suggesting the robustness of our findings. CONCLUSIONS These results provide support for a causal association between smoking and increased risk of RA. Further studies are warranted to explain the underlying mechanisms of smoking in the development of RA.
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- Yu Qian
- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China.,Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China. .,Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China.
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China. .,Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China.
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Jamieson E, Korologou-Linden R, Wootton RE, Guyatt AL, Battram T, Burrows K, Gaunt TR, Tobin MD, Munafò M, Davey Smith G, Tilling K, Relton C, Richardson TG, Richmond RC. Smoking, DNA Methylation, and Lung Function: a Mendelian Randomization Analysis to Investigate Causal Pathways. Am J Hum Genet 2020; 106:315-326. [PMID: 32084330 PMCID: PMC7058834 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Whether smoking-associated DNA methylation has a causal effect on lung function has not been thoroughly evaluated. We first investigated the causal effects of 474 smoking-associated CpGs on forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in UK Biobank (n = 321,047) by using two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) and then replicated this investigation in the SpiroMeta Consortium (n = 79,055). Second, we used two-step MR to investigate whether DNA methylation mediates the effect of smoking on FEV1. Lastly, we evaluated the presence of horizontal pleiotropy and assessed whether there is any evidence for shared causal genetic variants between lung function, DNA methylation, and gene expression by using a multiple-trait colocalization ("moloc") framework. We found evidence of a possible causal effect for DNA methylation on FEV1 at 18 CpGs (p < 1.2 × 10-4). Replication analysis supported a causal effect at three CpGs (cg21201401 [LIME1 and ZGPAT], cg19758448 [PGAP3], and cg12616487 [EML3 and AHNAK] [p < 0.0028]). DNA methylation did not clearly mediate the effect of smoking on FEV1, although DNA methylation at some sites might influence lung function via effects on smoking. By using "moloc", we found evidence of shared causal variants between lung function, gene expression, and DNA methylation. These findings highlight potential therapeutic targets for improving lung function and possibly smoking cessation, although larger, tissue-specific datasets are required to confirm these results.
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- Emily Jamieson
- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, 12a Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU, UK; National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol National Health Service Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol National Health Service Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, 12a Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU, UK; National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol National Health Service Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol National Health Service Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK.
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Milic M, Gazibara T, Pekmezovic T, Kisic Tepavcevic D, Maric G, Popovic A, Stevanovic J, Patil KH, Levine H. Tobacco smoking and health-related quality of life among university students: Mediating effect of depression. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227042. [PMID: 31914158 PMCID: PMC6948726 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to assess the association between cigarette smoking and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among students in two different universities, and the potential mediating effect of depression. Participants were students who came for mandatory check-ups at Student Health Care Centers in two Universities in Serbia, differing by socio-politically and economically environments. Students completed socio-demographic questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the SF-36 questionnaire for assessment of HRQoL. In both populations, after adjustment for socio-demographic, behavioral and health factors, smoking was associated with poorer Mental Composite Score (MCS) and Physical Composite Score (PCS) (Belgrade 1,624 students: MCS β = 3.38, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.31, 5.44, PCS β = 1.01, 95% CI -0.50, 2.52; Kosovska Mitrovica 514 students: MCS β = 5.06, 95% CI 1.74, 8.37, PCS β = 3.29, 95% CI 0.75, 5.83). After additional adjustment for BDI score, the observed associations were lost (Belgrade: MCS β = 1.12, 95% CI -0.57, 2.80, PCS β = -0.40, 95% CI -1.71, 0.92; Kosovska Mitrovica: MCS β = 0.77, 95% CI -2.06, 3.60, PCS β = 0.56, 95% CI -1.75, 2.87). Higher BDI score was associated with poorer PCS and MCS across all quintiles. The association of smoking with impairment of HRQoL among university students in two different settings was mediated by higher levels of depressive symptoms. These findings highlight the need for further research on the interaction between smoking, mental health and quality of life, with implications for prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
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- Marija Milic
- Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
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- Institute of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- School for Sports and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
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- Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
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Jackson SE, Brown J, Ussher M, Shahab L, Steptoe A, Smith L. Combined health risks of cigarette smoking and low levels of physical activity: a prospective cohort study in England with 12-year follow-up. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e032852. [PMID: 31780593 PMCID: PMC6887020 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To (1) estimate the combined risks of cigarette smoking and physical inactivity for chronic disease, disability and depressive symptoms and (2) determine whether risks associated with these behaviours are additive or synergistic. DESIGN AND SETTING Longitudinal observational population study using data from Waves 2 (2004/2005) through 8 (2016/2017) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a prospective study of community-dwelling older adults in England. PARTICIPANTS 6425 men and women aged ≥52 years (mean (SD) 65.88 (9.34) years) at baseline. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Smoking status (never, former, current) and level of physical activity (high, defined as moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) more than once a week; low, defined as MVPA once a week or less) were self-reported at Wave 2 baseline. Self-rated health, limiting long-standing illness, chronic conditions (coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, cancer, chronic lung disease) and depressive symptoms were reported in each biennial wave. RESULTS Both smoking and low levels of physical activity were associated with increased risk of incident health problems over the 12-year follow-up period. Current smokers with low levels of physical activity had especially high risks of developing fair/poor self-rated health, CHD, stroke, cancer and chronic lung disease compared with highly active never smokers (adjusted relative risk range 1.89-14.00). While additive effects were evident, tests of multiplicative interactions revealed no evidence of large synergistic effects of smoking and low physical activity (Bayes factor range 0.04-0.61), although data were insensitive to detect smaller effects. CONCLUSIONS Among older adults in England, there was no evidence of large synergistic effects of smoking and low levels of physical activity on risk of developing chronic disease or depressive symptoms over 12 years. However, additive effects of smoking and low levels of physical activity were evident, underscoring the importance of each of these lifestyle risk behaviours for disease onset.
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- Sarah E Jackson
- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Population Health Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK
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- The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
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