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ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2022

Alcohol and nicotine polygenic scores are associated with the development of alcohol and nicotine use problems from adolescence to young adulthood.

Joseph D Deak, D Angus Clark, Mengzhen Liu, Jonathan D Schaefer, Seon Kyeong Jang, C Emily Durbin, William G Iacono, Matt McGue, Scott Vrieze, Brian M Hicks

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Article in Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Joseph D DeakYale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0540-6080
D Angus ClarkUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Mengzhen LiuUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6550-6959
Jonathan D SchaeferUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Seon Kyeong JangUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
C Emily DurbinMichigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
William G IaconoUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Matt McGueUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Scott VriezeUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Brian M HicksUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
University of Minnesota · USUniversity of Michigan · USMichigan State University · USYale University · US

Funding

The Effects of Cannabis Legalization and Persistent Use: A Longitudinal Study of Two Twin CohortsR01DA042755 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Jarrod Martin Ellingson, SOO H RHEE · 2017 to 2026
$9.9M
TWIN STUDY OF FEMALE ALCOHOLISMS AND OTHER DISORDERSR01AA009367 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI MCGUE, MATTHEW K. · 1992 to 2013
$9.0M
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ALCOHOLISM RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32AA007477 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Maureen A. Walton · 1990 to 2026
$7.4M
Twin Family Study of Vulnerability to Substance AbuseR37DA005147 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI IACONO, WILLIAM G. · 2009 to 2018
$6.4M
INSTITUTIONAL NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDT32MH015755 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Megan R Gunnar · 1985 to 2026
$5.9M
Adolescent drinking and midlife outcomes: A prospective cotwin control studyR37AA009367 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI MCGUE, MATTHEW K. · 2016 to 2024
$5.4M
TWIN STUDY OF ADHD, CD, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSER01DA013240 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI IACONO, WILLIAM G. · 2000 to 2010
$5.0M
Deep Sequencing, Phenotyping, and Imputation in Large-Scale Biobanks: A Novel and Cost-Effective Framework to Identify Rare Mutations Associated with AddictionR01DA044283 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ALBERT, FRANK WOLFGANG, VRIEZE, SCOTT IAN · 2019 to 2024
$3.2M
A Twin Study of Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use Development: Leveraging Intensive Longitudinal AssessmentsU01DA046413 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI FRIEDMAN, NAOMI P., VRIEZE, SCOTT IAN · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Developmental and peer effects on the neurobiology of cognitive control and reward processesR01AA024433 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HEITZEG, MARY M, HICKS, BRIAN M · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
Genetic Association Meta-Analyses of Smoking and Drinking for the Sequencing AgeR01DA037904 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI VRIEZE, SCOTT IAN · 2015 to 2019
$2.4M
Translational Alcohol Research Program (TARP)T32AA028259 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI COSGROVE, KELLY P., VASILIOU, VASILIS · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA009367NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA024433NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA009367NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA09367NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007477NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA028259NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA013240NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA034606NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA037904NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA042755NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA044283NIDA NIH HHS R37 DA005147NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA046413NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH015755United States Public Health Service
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsMolecular genetic studies of alcohol and nicotine use have identified many genome-wide association study (GWAS) loci. We measured associations between drinking and smoking polygenic scores (PGS) and trajectories of alcohol and nicotine use outcomes from late childhood to early adulthood, substance-specific versus broader-liability PGS effects, and if PGS performance varied for consumption versus problematic substance use. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS: We fitted latent growth curve models with structured residuals to scores on measures of alcohol and nicotine use and problems from ages 14 to 34 years. We then estimated associations between the intercept (initial status) and slope (rate of change) parameters and PGSs for drinks per week (DPW), problematic alcohol use (PAU), cigarettes per day (CPD) and ever being a regular smoker (SMK), controlling for sex and genetic principal components. All data were analyzed in the United States. PGSs were calculated for participants of the Minnesota Twin Family Study (n = 3225) using results from the largest GWAS of alcohol and nicotine consumption and problematic use to date.

findingsEach PGS was associated with trajectories of use for their respective substances [i.e. DPW (β

conclusionsSubstance use-related polygenic scores (PGSs) vary in the strength and generality versus specificity of their associations with substance use and problems over time. The regular smoking PGS appears to be a robust predictor of substance use trajectories and seems to measure both nicotine-specific and non-specific genetic liability for substance use, and potentially externalizing problems in general.

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NicotineTobacco ProductsAdolescentAdultAlcohol DrinkingGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMultifactorial InheritanceSmokingYoung AdultNicotineAlcoholdevelopmental trajectoriesnicotinepolygenic risk scoressmokingsubstance use

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PMID34590376
PMCPMC8931861
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