Potential influence of socioeconomic status on genetic correlations between alcohol consumption measures and mental health.

Andries T Marees Dirk J A Smit Jue-Sheng Ong Stuart Macgregor Jiyuan An Damiaan A J P Denys Florence Vorspan Wim van den Brink Eske M Derks

Published in: Psychological medicine (2019)

Although the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption show substantial genetic overlap, they consistently show opposite patterns of genetic associations with SES-related phenotypes. Future studies should carefully consider the potential influence of SES on the shared genetic etiology between alcohol and adverse (mental) health outcomes.

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
mental health
genome wide
copy number
dna methylation
emergency department
risk assessment
adverse drug
drug induced