2021
Drinking and smoking polygenic risk is associated with childhood and early-adulthood psychiatric and behavioral traits independently of substance use and psychiatric genetic risk
De Angelis F, Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Tylee DS, Goswami A, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Drinking and smoking polygenic risk is associated with childhood and early-adulthood psychiatric and behavioral traits independently of substance use and psychiatric genetic risk. Translational Psychiatry 2021, 11: 586. PMID: 34775470, PMCID: PMC8590689, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01713-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance useYoung adultsBehavioral traitsPhiladelphia Neurodevelopmental CohortRemoval of participantsAnxiety-related traitsRisk-taking behaviorVerbal reasoningCognitive performancePolygenic risk scoresSocial competenciesNeurobiological processesNeurodevelopmental CohortPsychiatric genetic riskDrinking behaviorParent educationPRS associationsPolygenic riskPsychopathologyGenetic overlapPsychotic symptomsAdverse health outcomesHazardous behaviorEducational attainmentTobacco smoking
2016
Phenome-Wide Association Study for Alcohol and Nicotine Risk Alleles in 26394 Women
Polimanti R, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J. Phenome-Wide Association Study for Alcohol and Nicotine Risk Alleles in 26394 Women. Neuropsychopharmacology 2016, 41: 2688-2696. PMID: 27187070, PMCID: PMC5026736, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2016.72.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth initiativesRisk allelesSocioeconomic statusPhenome-wide association studyWomen's Health InitiativeMetabolism-related mechanismsMedication useLung cancerTobacco useDietary habitsSmoking behaviorNicotine useReproductive historyReproductive healthSuggestive findingsAlcohol useAnthropometric characteristicsMental healthHealth conditionsMetabolic conditionsCausative relationshipAssociation studiesDrinking behaviorADH1BAssociation