Association Between COMT, PTSD, and Increased Smoking Following Hurricane Exposure in an Epidemiologic Sample
Amstadter AB, Nugent NR, Koenen KC, Ruggiero KJ, Acierno R, Galea S, Kilpatrick DG, Gelernter J. Association Between COMT, PTSD, and Increased Smoking Following Hurricane Exposure in an Epidemiologic Sample. Psychiatry 2009, 72: 360-369. PMID: 20070134, PMCID: PMC2808117, DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2009.72.4.360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderCigarette smokingCOMT Val158MetFrequency of smokingSaliva DNA samplesFirst genetic association studyFlorida Hurricane StudyAge of initiationCOMT Val158Met polymorphismTobacco smokingSmokingEpidemiologic samplePossible associationAcute stressorStress disorderVal158Met polymorphismHurricane exposureTraumatic eventsGenetic association studiesVal158MetAssociationEuropean American malesDNA samplesAssociation studiesInitiation