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  • Title: Association of the D2 dopamine receptor A1 allele with alcoholism: medical severity of alcoholism and type of controls.
    Author: Lawford BR, Young RM, Rowell JA, Gibson JN, Feeney GF, Ritchie TL, Syndulko K, Noble EP.
    Journal: Biol Psychiatry; 1997 Feb 15; 41(4):386-93. PubMed ID: 9034533.
    Abstract:
    D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) A1 allele frequency was determined in alcoholics of varying medical severity from three different inpatient settings and in various controls. A1 frequency was .15 in 68 alcoholics in a detoxification unit (group A), .19 in 90 alcoholics in a rehabilitation unit (group B), and .31 in 43 alcoholics in a gastroenterology unit (group C). Group C had a higher A1 frequency than group B (p = .045) or group A (p = .005) alcoholics. In 46 controls (group D), A1 frequency was .18. In subsets of these controls, A1 frequency was .14 in 39 subjects with a negative family history (FH-) of alcoholism (group E), .06 in 34 subjects without previous hazardous alcohol consumption (group F), and .05 in 30 subjects with FH- and without previous hazardous alcohol consumption (group G). A1 frequency was significantly higher in group C alcoholics than group F (p = .0002) or group G (p = .0002) controls; however, no A1 frequency difference was found among group A alcoholics and any of the control groups. The severity of alcoholism and the type of controls used are important determinants of DRD2 A1 allele association with alcoholism.
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