Journal article
New alcohol-related genes suggest shared genetic mechanisms with neuropsychiatric disorders
Abstract
Excessive alcohol consumption is one of the main causes of death and disability worldwide. Alcohol consumption is a heritable complex trait. Here we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of alcohol consumption (g d−1) from the UK Biobank, the Alcohol Genome-Wide Consortium and the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Plus consortia, collecting data from 480,842 people of European descent to …
Authors
Evangelou E; Gao H; Chu C; Ntritsos G; Blakeley P; Butts AR; Pazoki R; Suzuki H; Koskeridis F; Yiorkas AM
Journal
Nature Human Behaviour, Vol. 3, No. 9, pp. 950–961
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
9 2019
DOI
10.1038/s41562-019-0653-z
ISSN
2397-3374