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18498207
TITLE
Long-term stability and heritability of telephone interview measures of alcohol consumption and dependence.
ABSTRACT
Alcohol dependence symptoms and consumption measures were examined for stability and heritability. Data were collected from 12,045 individuals (5376 twin pairs, 1293 single twins) aged 19 to 90 years in telephone interviews conducted in three collection phases. Phases 1 and 2 were independent samples, but Phase 3 targeted families of smokers and drinkers from the Phase 1 and 2 samples. The stability of dependence symptoms and consumption was examined for 1158 individuals interviewed in both Phases 1 and 3 (mean interval = 11.0 years). For 1818 individuals interviewed in Phases 2 and 3 (mean interval = 5.5 years) the stability of consumption was examined. Heritability was examined for each collection phase and retest samples from the selected Phase 3 collection. The measures examined were a dependence score, based on DSM-IIIR and DSM-IV criteria for substance dependence, and a quantity x frequency measure. Measures were moderately stable, with test-retest correlations ranging from .58 to .61 for dependence and from .55 to .64 for consumption. However, the pattern of changes over time for dependence suggested that the measure may more strongly reflect recent than lifetime experience. Similar to previous findings, heritabilities ranged from .42 to .51 for dependence and from .31 to .51 for consumption. Consumption was significantly less heritable in the younger Phase 2 cohort (23-39 years) compared to the older Phase 1 cohort (28-90 years).
DATE PUBLISHED
2008 Jun
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 2008/05/24 09:00
medline 2008/11/14 09:00
entrez 2008/05/24 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Hansell NK Hansell Narelle K NK Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, 4029, Australia. Narelle.Hansell@qimr.edu.au
Agrawal A Agrawal Arpana A
Whitfield JB Whitfield John B JB
Morley KI Morley Katherine I KI
Zhu G Zhu Gu G
Lind PA Lind Penelope A PA
Pergadia ML Pergadia Michele L ML
Madden PA Madden Pamela A F PA
Todd RD Todd Richard D RD
Heath AC Heath Andrew C AC
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 11
ISSUE: 3
TITLE: Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies
ISOABBREVIATION: Twin Res Hum Genet
YEAR: 2008
MONTH: Jun
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 1832-4274
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Twin Res Hum Genet
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 1832-4274
NLMUNIQUEID: 101244624
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
AA014041 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA07728 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA10248 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA11998 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA13320 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA13321 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA13326 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 DA019951-03 NIDA NIH HHS United States
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alcohol Drinking psychology
Alcoholism psychology
Diseases in Twins psychology
Female psychology
Humans psychology
Interviews as Topic psychology
Male psychology
Middle Aged psychology
Multivariate Analysis psychology
Reproducibility of Results psychology
Time Factors psychology
Twins psychology
Twins, Dizygotic psychology
Twins, Monozygotic psychology
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