Genome-wide significant association between alcohol dependence and a variant in the ADH gene cluster.

ABSTRACT: Alcohol dependence (AD) is an important contributory factor to the global burden of disease. The etiology of AD involves both environmental and genetic factors, and the disorder has a heritability of around 50%. The aim of the present study was to identify susceptibility genes for AD by performing a genome-wide association study (GWAS). The sample comprised 1333 male in-patients with severe AD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, and 2168 controls. These included 487 patients and 1358 controls from a previous GWAS study by our group. All individuals were of German descent. Single-marker tests and a polygenic score-based analysis to assess the combined contribution of multiple markers with small effects were performed. The single nucleotide po

SUBMITTER: Frank J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3245349 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature