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Role of the serotonin transporter gene and family function in adolescent alcohol consumption
Centre for Clinical Research, Central Hospital Västerås, S-721 89 Västerås, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8853-2508
Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Central Hospital Västerås, Västerås, Sweden.
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Central Hospital Västerås, Västerås, Sweden.
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2005 (English)In: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, ISSN 0145-6008, E-ISSN 1530-0277, Vol. 29, no 4, p. 564-570Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Background: That the extent to which a particular individual will engage in problematic behaviors such as delinquency, violence, or drug abuse is determined by the way psychosocial, situational, and hereditary factors interact is widely accepted. However, only recently have researchers begun to investigate the interactions between specific genotypes and psychosocial factors in relation to behavior. The purpose of the present study was to investigate possible interactions between a polymorphism in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene and family relations on adolescent alcohol consumption. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a randomized sample from a total population of 16- and 19-year-old adolescents from a Swedish county was conducted. Eighty-one male and 119 female adolescents, who volunteered to participate after having answered a questionnaire, were randomly selected from quartiles of volunteers representing various degrees of psychosocial risk behavior. Results: 5-HTT genotype (p = 0.029) and family relations (p 0.022) predicted alcohol consumption independently as well as through an interaction with one another (p = 0.05). The model explained 11% of the variance in alcohol consumption. In a binary logistic model, we found that adolescents with the LS variant of the 5-HTT gene and with family relations being "neutral" or "bad" had a 12- to 14-fold increased risk for high intoxication frequency. Conclusions: In sum, our results show that a functional polymorphism of the 5-HTT genotype, family relations, and interactions between these variables predict adolescent alcohol consumption in a randomized sample of adolescents.

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Uppsala Univ, Clin Res Ctr, Cent Hosp Vasteras, S-72189 Vasteras, Sweden. Uppsala Univ, Dept Neurosci, Pharmacol Unit, S-72189 Vasteras, Sweden.: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS , 2005. Vol. 29, no 4, p. 564-570
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alcohol, adolescent, genes, environment
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-52064DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000159112.98941.B0ISI: 000228577100010PubMedID: 15834221Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-17444386305OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-52064DiVA, id: diva2:1484345
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