Causal relationships between substance use and insomnia
Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez
- 23 July 2020
Source:
Pasman, J., Smit, D., Kingma, L., Vink, J., Treur, J., & Verweij, K. (2020, July 02). Causal relationships between substance use and insomnia. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871620303161
Highlights
- •Insomnia and substance use have been linked, but the causal direction is unclear.
- •With Mendelian Randomization causal relationships can be tested using genetic data.
- •Insomnia causes smoking, alcohol dependence, and cannabis initiation.
- •Smoking initiation (not alcohol use/dependence or cannabis initiation) causes insomnia.
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