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ArticleBehavior genetics2026

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Caffeine Intake in Korean Twins.

Minsu Cho, Jiyoung Youn, Moonil Kang, Kyunga Kim, Joohon Sung, Jung Eun Lee

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Article in Behavior genetics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Minsu ChoDepartment of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-8243-1750
Jiyoung YounDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Chung-Ang University, Gyeonggi-do, 17546, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3847
Moonil KangCollege of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, 04310, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5932-6804
Kyunga KimBiomedical Statistics Center, Samsung Medical Center, Research Institute for Future Medicine, Seoul, 06351, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0865-2236
Joohon SungDivision of Genome and Health Big Data, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9948-0160
Jung Eun LeeDepartment of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Korea. jungelee@snu.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1141-878X

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Abstract

Caffeine intake may be influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. This study aimed to examine the genetic contribution to variation in coffee and tea drinking, as well as total caffeine intake. A total of 1,106 Korean twins, comprising 456 monozygotic and 97 dizygotic twin pairs aged 30 years or older, from the Healthy Twin Study were included. Structural equation models were used to assess heritability estimates and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Heritability (95% CI) was estimated at 0.29 (0.21, 0.37) for coffee drinking, 0.11 (0.02, 0.20) for tea drinking, and 0.27 (0.16, 0.38) for total caffeine intake, with the remaining variance in each trait attributed to unique environmental factors. The unique environmental factors contributed more substantially to coffee drinking than genetic factors during early adulthood, while the genetic contribution to tea drinking remained consistently low across all ages. In conclusion, coffee drinking, tea drinking, and total caffeine intake were partly heritable, with unique environmental factors playing a predominant role.

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CaffeineGene-Environment InteractionAdultAgedAsian PeopleCoffeeEnvironmentFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRepublic of KoreaTeaTwins, DizygoticTwins, MonozygoticCaffeineCoffeeTeaCaffeine intakeCoffee drinkingHeritabilityTea drinkingTwins

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