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Potential causality was explored using mendelian randomization (MR) analyses, and the association of polygenic scores (PGS) for cognitive performance with AUD diagnosis was assessed. Participant data were obtained from cross-linked Swedish national registers, genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics, and the US Yale-Penn cohort.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposures<\/jats:title>\n IQ and genetic variants associated with cognitive performance.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n Hazard ratios (HRs; time-to-event analyses) or odds ratios (ORs) for AUD.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Included in this study was a national cohort of 645\u202f488 males, born between 1950 and 1962, from the Swedish Military Conscription Register, of whom 573\u202f855 individuals were included in this analysis. All individuals were aged 18 years at IQ assessment with no substance use disorder diagnosis at conscription, and mean (SD) follow-up time (SD) was 60.5 (7.9) years. Summary statistics from GWAS of cognitive performance (n\u2009=\u2009257\u202f481) and AUD (total\u2009=\u2009753\u202f248; cases\u2009=\u2009113\u202f325) in individuals of European-like genetic ancestry (EUR), with FinnGen AUD GWAS as a replication sample (total\u2009=\u2009500\u202f348; cases\u2009=\u200920\u202f597), were used for MR analyses. PGS analyses were conducted using the data of EUR individuals from the Yale-Penn cohort (n\u2009=\u20095424). IQ at age 18 years was inversely associated with AUD risk in Swedish males (adjusted HR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.40-1.47;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001), adjusting for parental substance use disorder, probands\u2019 psychiatric disorders, socioeconomic factors, and birth year strata. 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