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OPRM1 A118G and <strong>Alcohol</strong>ism<br />

Bart et al (Neuropsychopharmacol, 2005) studied alcoholics in<br />

Sweden for the A118G.<br />

300<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

0<br />

controls<br />

alcoholics<br />

There was a significant (Chi<br />

squared = 7.2, p = 0.007)<br />

increase in A/G, G/G genotype<br />

among alcoholics. In this study<br />

A/A<br />

A/G, G/G<br />

the attributable<br />

risk for the G<br />

allele is ~ 11%,<br />

suggesting that<br />

~ 11% of Swedish alcoholics<br />

have disease in part due to<br />

the G allele.

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