Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Variants Are Related to Smoking Habits, but Not Directly to COPD

• Simona E. Budulac,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Judith M. Vonk,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Dirkje S. Postma,

  Affiliations Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Mateusz Siedlinski,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Wim Timens,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Marike H. Boezen

  * E-mail: h.m.boezen@epi.umcg.nl

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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