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SUBMITTER: Erzurumluoglu AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7116129 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Molecular psychiatry 20190107 10
Smoking is a major heritable and modifiable risk factor for many diseases, including cancer, common respiratory disorders and cardiovascular diseases. Fourteen genetic loci have previously been associated with smoking behaviour-related traits. We tested up to 235,116 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) on the exome-array for association with smoking initiation, cigarettes per day, pack-years, and smoking cessation in a fixed effects meta-analysis of up to 61 studies (up to 346,813 participants). I ...[more]