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We aimed to examine the relation between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk factors using two genetic variants as instrumental variables: alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (<jats:italic>ADH1B<\/jats:italic>) rs1229984 and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (<jats:italic>ALDH2<\/jats:italic>) rs671.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using data collected in the Taiwan Biobank\u2014an ongoing, prospective, population-based cohort study\u2014our analysis included 129,032 individuals (46,547 men and 82,485 women) with complete data on <jats:italic>ADH1B<\/jats:italic> rs1229984 and <jats:italic>ALDH2<\/jats:italic> rs671 genotypes and alcohol drinking status. We conducted instrumental variables regression analysis to examine the relationship between alcohol drinking and body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the rs1229984-instrumented analysis, alcohol drinking was only associated with higher levels of SBP in men and lower levels of DBP in women. In the rs671-instrumented analysis, alcohol drinking was associated with higher levels of BMI, SBP, DBP, fasting glucose, triglycerides, HDLc and lower levels of LDLc in men; alcohol drinking was associated with higher levels of HDLc and lower levels of SBP, HbA1c, and triglycerides in women.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using Mendelian randomization analysis, some of our study results among men echoed findings from the previous systematic review, suggesting that alcohol drinking may be causally associated with higher levels of BMI, SBP, DBP, fasting glucose, triglycerides, HDLc, and lower levels of LDLc. Although alcohol drinking is beneficial to a few cardiovascular risk factors, it is detrimental to many others. 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