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16749946
TITLE
Genetic analyses of DSM-IV nicotine withdrawal in adult twins.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND NlmCategory: BACKGROUND
We examined whether there are genetic influences on nicotine withdrawal, and whether there are genetic factors specific to nicotine withdrawal, after controlling for factors responsible for risk of progression beyond experimentation with cigarettes and for quantity smoked (average number of cigarettes per day at peak lifetime use).
METHOD NlmCategory: METHODS
Epidemiologic and genetic analyses were conducted using telephone diagnostic interview data from young adult Australian twins reporting any cigarette use (3026 women, 2553 men; mean age 30 years).
RESULTS NlmCategory: RESULTS
Genetic analysis of the eight symptoms of DSM-IV nicotine withdrawal suggests heritability is intermediate for most symptoms (26-43%), and similar in men and women. The exceptions were depressed mood upon withdrawal, which had stronger additive genetic influences in men (53%) compared to women (29%), and decreased heart rate, which had low heritability (9%). Although prevalence rates were substantially lower for DSM-IV nicotine withdrawal syndrome (15.9%), which requires impairment, than for the DSM-IV nicotine dependence withdrawal criterion (43.6%), heritability was similar for both measures: as high as 47%. Genetic modeling of smoking more than 1 or 2 cigarettes lifetime ('progression'), quantity smoked and nicotine withdrawal found significant genetic overlap across all three components of nicotine use/dependence (genetic correlations = 0.53-0.76). Controlling for factors associated with risk of cigarette smoking beyond experimentation and quantity smoked, evidence for genetic influences specific to nicotine withdrawal (up to 23% of total variance) remained.
CONCLUSIONS NlmCategory: CONCLUSIONS
Our results suggest that at least some individuals become 'hooked' or progress in the smoking habit, in part, because of a vulnerability to nicotine withdrawal.
DATE PUBLISHED
2006 Jul
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 2006/06/06 09:00
medline 2006/11/10 09:00
entrez 2006/06/06 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Pergadia ML Pergadia Michele L ML Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. michelep@matlock.wustl.edu
Heath AC Heath Andrew C AC
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
Madden PA Madden Pamela A F PA
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 36
ISSUE: 7
TITLE: Psychological medicine
ISOABBREVIATION: Psychol Med
YEAR: 2006
MONTH: Jul
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0033-2917
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Psychol Med
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 0033-2917
NLMUNIQUEID: 1254142
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Twin Study
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
AA07535 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA07580 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA07728 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA11998 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA13321 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
DA019951 NIDA NIH HHS United States
DA12854 NIDA NIH HHS United States
K08 DA019951 NIDA NIH HHS United States
K08 DA019951-01 NIDA NIH HHS United States
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adult
Australia epidemiology
Cohort Studies epidemiology
Disease Progression epidemiology
Female epidemiology
Humans epidemiology
Irritable Mood epidemiology
Male epidemiology
Models, Statistical epidemiology
Nicotine epidemiology
Smoking epidemiology
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome psychology
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
54-11-5 Nicotine
OTHER ID's