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. 2003 Dec 31;4 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S101.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-4-S1-S101.

Genomic regions linked to alcohol consumption in the Framingham Heart Study

Andrew W Bergen  1 , Xiaohong Rose Yang, Yan Bai, Michael B Beerman, Alisa M Goldstein, Lynn R Goldin; Framingham Heart Study
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Genomic regions linked to alcohol consumption in the Framingham Heart Study

Andrew W Bergen et al. BMC Genet. .

Abstract

Background: Pedigree, demographic, square-root transformed maximum alcohol (SRMAXAPD) and maximum cigarette (MAXCPD) consumption, and genome-wide scan data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) were used to investigate genetic factors that may affect alcohol and cigarette consumption in this population-based sample.

Results: A significant sister:sister correlation greater than spouse correlation was observed for MAXCPD only. Single-point sib-pair regression analysis provided nominal evidence for linkage of loci to both SRMAXAPD and MAXCPD consumption traits, with more significant evidence of linkage to SRMAXAPD than to MAXCPD. One genomic region, chr9q21.11, exhibits significant multi-point sib-pair regression to SRMAXAPD.

Conclusion: SRMAXAPD exhibits greater evidence for genetic linkage than does MAXCPD in the FHS sample. Four regions of the genome exhibiting nominal evidence for linkage to SRMAXAPD in the FHS sample correspond to regions of the genome previously identified as linked to alcoholism or related traits in the family data set ascertained on individuals affected with alcohol dependence known as COGA.

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Multi-point linkage analysis of SRMAXAPD (outliers removed).
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