Journal
ADDICTION
Volume 107, Issue 12, Pages 2117-2127Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03970.x
Keywords
ADH6; ADH1B; excessive alcohol intake; genetic susceptibility; life-style factors; polymorphisms
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- Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs [2007-047O]
- Subdireccion General de Informacion, Estudios y Coordinacion de Programas de Prevencion, Asistencia y Reinsercion
- Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII)
- Spanish Regional Governments of Andalusia, Asturias, Basque Country
- Murcia and Navarra
- Catalan Institute of Oncology
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Aims To analyse associations between alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) polymorphisms and alcohol intake in Spanish men and women. Design and settings We analysed the relationship between 21 genetic variants in ADH genes and excessive alcohol intake in both men and women. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped using a customized array and a sex-stratified analysis was performed. Measurements Ethanol intake was calculated using a validated dietary history questionnaire. Participants Heavy consumers of alcohol (=70 g/day in men, =42 g/day in women) (653 cases) and very low or non-consumers (<2 g/day) (880 controls) from the Spanish cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC). Findings We found statistically significant associations between alcohol intake and known life-style factors; namely, smoking and food energy intake (meat and fruit/seeds) in both men and women, as well as with physical activity in women and educational level in men. Additionally, we found that a non-synonymous coding SNP in ADH1B (rs1229984) is associated inversely with excessive alcohol intake in men [odds ratio (OR) = 0.19, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.110.33; P = 4.77E(-10)) and women (OR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.270.83; P = 0.0067). Furthermore, ADH6 rs3857224 was found associated with heavy alcohol intake in women (OR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.212.14; P = 1.01E(-3)), but not in men. Conclusions In the Spanish population, the single nucleotide polymorphism of alcohol dehydrogenase ADH1B, rs1229984, is associated inversely with alcohol intake in both men and women. Another polymorphism of ADH6, rs3857224, is associated with heavy alcohol intake in women.
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