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ArticleJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2017

Gene-by-Environment Interactions on Alcohol Use Among Asian American College Freshmen.

Jeremy W Luk, Tiebing Liang, Tamara L Wall

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Article in Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jeremy W LukDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Tiebing LiangDepartment of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Tamara L WallDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
University of California, San Diego · USIndiana University School of Medicine

Funding

Translational Research and Science Education (OUT)P60AA007611 · NIAAA · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI Marian Lee Logrip · 2003 to 2026
$45.5M
Alcohol Research in the Science/Practitioner ModelT32AA013525 · NIAAA · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI EDWARD P RILEY, ANDREA SPADONI TOWNSEND · 2002 to 2026
$8.4M
RAT RESEARCH COMPONENTP50AA007611 · NIAAA · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI LUMENG, LAWRENCE · 1987 to 2002
$5.3M
Alcohol Involvement in Asian American Men and WomenR01AA011257 · NIAAA · VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FDN/SAN DIEGO · PI WALL, TAMARA L · 2001 to 2010
$3.0M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA007611NIAAA NIH HHS P60 AA007611NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA011257NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA013525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAmong northeast Asians, the variant aldehyde dehydrogenase allele, ALDH2*2 (rs671, A/G, minor/major), has been inversely associated with alcohol dependence. The strength of the associations between ALDH2*2 and drinking behaviors depends on the developmental stage, the phenotype studied, and other moderating variables. This study examined ALDH2 gene status as a moderator of the associations between parental drinking, peer drinking, and acculturation with alcohol use among 222 Chinese American and Korean American college freshmen.

methodNegative binomial regressions were used to test the main and interactive effects of ALDH2 with contextual factors on alcohol frequency (drinking days) and quantity (drinks per drinking day) in the past 3 months.

resultsALDH2*2 was associated with more subjective flushing symptoms and longer length of flushing but was unrelated to both alcohol frequency and quantity. Peer drinking was positively associated with both alcohol frequency and quantity, but neither was moderated by ALDH2. We observed a nonsignificant trend for the interaction between parental drinking and ALDH2 on alcohol frequency, where parental drinking was positively associated with alcohol frequency only among participants with ALDH2*2. We found a significant interaction between acculturation and ALDH2 on alcohol frequency, where acculturation was positively associated with alcohol frequency only among those with ALDH2*2. Exploratory analyses stratified by Asian ethnic subgroup indicated that this interaction was driven primarily by the Korean subsample.

conclusionsParental drinking and acculturation may facilitate more frequent drinking among those who have more intense reactions to alcohol (i.e., those with ALDH2*2) during the transition from high school to college.

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Gene-Environment InteractionAcculturationAdolescentAdultAlcohol DrinkingAldehyde Dehydrogenase, MitochondrialAsianFemaleHumansMaleUniversitiesYoung AdultAldehyde Dehydrogenase, MitochondrialALDH2 protein, human

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PMID28728635
PMCPMC5551658
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