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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Psychiatry. 2011 Oct 4;17(4):445–450. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.124

Table 3.

Association of rs1229984 with DSM-IV alcohol dependence and maximum drinks consumed in a 24-hour period.

Outcome

Ethnicity MAF DSM-IV Alcohol Dependencea Maximum Drinks in 24-hour periodb
N OR (95% CI) p N β (95% CI) p
COGA EA 0.03 1250 0.25 (0.12, 0.48) 5.97 × 10−5 1246 −0.42 (−0.58, −0.25) 4.61 × 10−7
AA 0.01 428 0.37 (0.06, 1.89) 2.48 × 10−1 425 −0.31 (−0.74, 0.12) 1.57 × 10−1

COGEND EA 0.04 1981 0.38 (0.23, 0.63) 2.19 × 10−4 1981 −0.22 (−0.31, −0.12) 9.15 × 10−6
AA 0.01 685 0.47 (0.10, 2.23) 3.42 × 10−1 685 −0.002 (−0.41, 0.41) 9.92 × 10−1

FSCD EA 0.03 558 0.29 (0.10, 0.85) 2.32 × 10−2 550 −0.24 (−0.50, 0.01) 6.19 × 10−2
AA 0.02 608 0.40 (0.13, 1.28) 1.24 × 10−1 588 −0.70 (−1.11, −0.28) 9.97 × 10−4

Meta-Analysis EA 3789 0.32 (0.22, 0.47) 6.03 × 109 3777 0.27 (−0.35, −0.19) 1.33 × 1011
AA 1721 0.41 (0.18, 0.93) 3.21 × 10−2 1698 −0.34 (−0.58, −0.10) 6.00 × 10−3
Combined 5510 0.34 (0.24, 0.48) 6.57 × 10−10 5475 0.28 (−0.35, −.020) 3.24 × 10−13
a

Logistic regression adjusted for sex, age (in quartiles), and nicotine and cocaine dependence.

b

Linear regression of the log transformed number of drinks adjusted for sex, age (in quartiles), and nicotine and cocaine dependence.

AA=African American; EA=European American; MAF=minor allele frequency; OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.