Yunlong Lu1, Yan Guo2, Hefeng Lin1, Zhen Wang1, Liangrong Zheng3. 1. Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China. 2. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China. 3. Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China. 1191066@zju.edu.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The causality between the use of alcohol and cigarettes and atrial fibrillation (AF) remains controversial. We conducted a Mendelian randomization (MR) study to evaluate the association of genetic variants related to tobacco and alcohol use with AF. METHODS: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to smoking initiation (N = 374), age at initiation of regular smoking (N = 10), cigarettes per day (N = 55), and smoking cessation (N = 24) were derived from a genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of tobacco use (N = 1.2 million individuals). SNPs related to heavy alcohol use (N = 6) were derived from a GWAS of UK biobank (N = 125,249 individuals). The genetically matching instrumented variables were obtained from the GWAS of AF (N = 588,190 individuals). The estimates between tobacco and alcohol use and AF were combined by inverse-variance weighted (IVW), simple median, weighted median, MR-robust adjusted profile score method, MR-PRESSO, and multivariable MR. RESULTS: A total of 65,446 AF patients and 522,744 referents were included. In the IVW analysis, the odds ratio per one-unit increase of smoking initiation was 1.11 (95% CI, 1.06-1.16; P = 3.35 × 10-6) for AF. Genetically predicted age at initiation of regular smoking, cigarettes per day and smoking cessation were not associated with AF. The IVW estimate showed that heavy alcohol consumption increased AF risk (OR, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.04-1.18; P = 0.001). The results were consistent in complementary analyses and multivariable MR. CONCLUSION: Our MR study indicated that regular smoking was associated with increased risk of AF, no matter the age at initiation of regular smoking, or the number of cigarettes smoked per day. Genetically predicted heavy alcohol consumption increased the risk of AF.
BACKGROUND: The causality between the use of alcohol and cigarettes and atrial fibrillation (AF) remains controversial. We conducted a Mendelian randomization (MR) study to evaluate the association of genetic variants related to tobacco and alcohol use with AF. METHODS: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to smoking initiation (N = 374), age at initiation of regular smoking (N = 10), cigarettes per day (N = 55), and smoking cessation (N = 24) were derived from a genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of tobacco use (N = 1.2 million individuals). SNPs related to heavy alcohol use (N = 6) were derived from a GWAS of UK biobank (N = 125,249 individuals). The genetically matching instrumented variables were obtained from the GWAS of AF (N = 588,190 individuals). The estimates between tobacco and alcohol use and AF were combined by inverse-variance weighted (IVW), simple median, weighted median, MR-robust adjusted profile score method, MR-PRESSO, and multivariable MR. RESULTS: A total of 65,446 AFpatients and 522,744 referents were included. In the IVW analysis, the odds ratio per one-unit increase of smoking initiation was 1.11 (95% CI, 1.06-1.16; P = 3.35 × 10-6) for AF. Genetically predicted age at initiation of regular smoking, cigarettes per day and smoking cessation were not associated with AF. The IVW estimate showed that heavy alcohol consumption increased AF risk (OR, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.04-1.18; P = 0.001). The results were consistent in complementary analyses and multivariable MR. CONCLUSION: Our MR study indicated that regular smoking was associated with increased risk of AF, no matter the age at initiation of regular smoking, or the number of cigarettes smoked per day. Genetically predicted heavy alcohol consumption increased the risk of AF.
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