Therefore, if the association between the pre-miR-27a-rs895819 polymorphism and alcohol intake is confirmed in further studies, this SNP could be used as an instrumental variable (proxy or indicator) acting as a genetic biomarker of alcohol intake in Mendelian randomization studies, in the same way as the SNPs in the alcohol-metabolizing enzymes, ADH1B (alcohol dehydrogenase 1B, Class I) or ALDH2 (aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family), are used as instrumental variables for Mendelian randomization studies on cancer [52,53]. This evidence concerns the gene ALDH2 and cancer.