Journal article
Smoking and COVID-19 outcomes: an observational and Mendelian randomisation study using the UK Biobank cohort
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Background: Conflicting evidence has emerged regarding the relevance of smoking on risk of COVID-19 and its severity.
Methods: We undertook large-scale observational and Mendelian randomisation (MR) analyses using UK Biobank. Most recent smoking status was determined from primary care records (70.8%) and UK Biobank questionnaire data (29.2%). COVID-19 outcomes were derived from Public Health England SARS-CoV-2 testing data, hospital admissions data...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217080
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- Publisher:
- BMJ Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Thorax Journal website
- Volume:
- 77
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 65-73
- Publication date:
- 2021-09-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-06-14
- DOI:
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1468-3296
- ISSN:
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0040-6376
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- English
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1196112
- Local pid:
- pubs:1196112
- Deposit date:
- 2021-09-28
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- Clift et al.
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- 2021
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