Association of smoking, lung function and COPD in COVID‐19 risk: a two‐step Mendelian randomization study.

Background and Aims: Smoking increases the risk of severe COVID‐19, but whether lung function or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mediate the underlying associations is unclear. We conducted the largest Mendelian randomization study to date, to our knowledge, to address these questions....

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Published in:Addiction Vol. 117; no. 7; pp. 2027 - 2037
Main Authors: Au Yeung, Shiu Lun, Li, Albert Martin, He, Baoting, Kwok, Kin On, Schooling, C Mary
Format: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2022
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