Genome-wide analyses of behavioural traits are subject to bias by misreports and longitudinal changes
Conflicting reports have found disease to sometimes be positively and sometimes negatively correlated with alcohol consumption. Here, the authors show that misreporting and reduction of alcohol consumption is associated with disease, leading to misleading associations between alcohol and disease.
Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Nature Portfolio
2021-01-01
|
Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20237-6 |