2017
Validating Harmful Alcohol Use as a Phenotype for Genetic Discovery Using Phosphatidylethanol and a Polymorphism in ADH1B
Justice AC, McGinnis KA, Tate JP, Xu K, Becker WC, Zhao H, Gelernter J, Kranzler HR. Validating Harmful Alcohol Use as a Phenotype for Genetic Discovery Using Phosphatidylethanol and a Polymorphism in ADH1B. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2017, 41: 998-1003. PMID: 28295416, PMCID: PMC5501250, DOI: 10.1111/acer.13373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHarmful alcohol useAlcohol exposureAlcohol useElectronic health record dataEHR dataAUDIT-C scoresHealth record dataLongitudinal electronic health record dataLongitudinal trajectoriesChi-square testEHR-derived phenotypesStudy cohortBlood drawCommon missense polymorphismGenetic risk variantsBlood samplingMissense polymorphismAlcohol riskQuantitative biomarkersRecord dataMedianRisk variantsOverall sampleAfrican AmericansADH1B gene
2015
Do Alcohol Misuse, Smoking, and Depression Vary Concordantly or Sequentially? A Longitudinal Study of HIV-Infected and Matched Uninfected Veterans in Care
Braithwaite RS, Fang Y, Tate J, Mentor SM, Bryant KJ, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. Do Alcohol Misuse, Smoking, and Depression Vary Concordantly or Sequentially? A Longitudinal Study of HIV-Infected and Matched Uninfected Veterans in Care. AIDS And Behavior 2015, 20: 566-572. PMID: 26187007, PMCID: PMC5009622, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1117-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHarmful alcohol useAlcohol misuseCurrent smokingVeterans Aging Cohort StudyAlcohol useAging Cohort StudyUninfected veteransCohort studyHIV statusDepression variesChronic diseasesCommon syndromePrior depressionSmokingUninfected individualsCurrent depressionHIVDepressionLongitudinal studyRegression analysisCareVeteransMisuseSame surveyNumber of years