Alcohol misuse 2023 GWAS: European ancestry

Summary statistics are available for download from the authors.

Publications

Investigating genetically stratified subgroups to better understand the etiology of alcohol misuse
Thijssen AB et al.
Mol Psychiatry. 2023 Oct;28(10):4225-4233. doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02174-0. Epub 2023 Jul 25.
PMID: 37488169

Phenotypes

  • Broad vs. Low alcohol consumption
  • Int vs. Low alcohol consumption
  • Heavy vs. Low alcohol consumption
  • Heavy vs. Int alcohol consumption
  • Broad vs. Int alcohol consumption
  • Broad vs. Heavy alcohol consumption

Experiment summary

This study analyzed genetic associations for alcohol consumption in up to 230,460 UK Biobank participants of European ancestry, comparing "low risk", "internalizing-light/non-drinkers", "heavy alcohol use-low impairment", and "broad high risk" classes.

Dataset ID
Thijssen2023_AlcoholMisuse_EU