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DSM-5 cannabis use disorder: A phenotypic and genomic perspective
- Agrawal, Arpana;
- Lynskey, Michael T;
- Bucholz, Kathleen K;
- Kapoor, Manav;
- Almasy, Laura;
- Dick, Danielle M;
- Edenberg, Howard J;
- Foroud, Tatiana;
- Goate, Alison;
- Hancock, Dana B;
- Hartz, Sarah;
- Johnson, Eric O;
- Hesselbrock, Victor;
- Kramer, John R;
- Kuperman, Samuel;
- Nurnberger, John I;
- Schuckit, Marc;
- Bierut, Laura J
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.11.008Abstract
Background
We explore the factor structure of DSM-5 cannabis use disorders, examine its prevalence across European- and African-American respondents as well as its genetic underpinnings, utilizing data from a genome-wide study of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We also estimate the heritability of DSM-5 cannabis use disorders explained by these common SNPs.Methods
Data on 3053 subjects reporting a lifetime history of cannabis use were utilized. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to create a factor score, which was used in a genome-wide association analysis. p-values from the single SNP analysis were examined for evidence of gene-based association. The aggregate effect of all SNPs was also estimated using Genome-Wide Complex Traits Analysis.Results
The unidimensionality of DSM-5 cannabis use disorder criteria was demonstrated. Comparing DSM-IV to DSM-5, a decrease in prevalence of cannabis use disorders was only noted in European-American respondents and was exceedingly modest. For the DSM-5 cannabis use disorders factor score, no SNP surpassed the genome-wide significance testing threshold. However, in the European-American subsample, gene-based association testing resulted in significant associations in 3 genes (C17orf58, BPTF and PPM1D) on chromosome 17q24. In aggregate, 21% of the variance in DSM-5 cannabis use disorders was explained by the genome-wide SNPs; however, this estimate was not statistically significant.Conclusions
DSM-5 cannabis use disorder represents a unidimensional construct, the prevalence of which is only modestly elevated above the DSM-IV version. Considerably larger sample sizes will be required to identify individual SNPs associated with cannabis use disorders and unequivocally establish its polygenic underpinnings.Many UC-authored scholarly publications are freely available on this site because of the UC's open access policies. Let us know how this access is important for you.
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