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PNPLA3 Association with Alcoholic Liver Disease in a Cohort of Heavy Drinkers
Author(s) -
Bhanu Prakash Kolla,
Terry D. Schneekloth,
Joanna M. Biernacka,
Vijay H. Shah,
Konstantinos N. Lazaridis,
Jennifer R. Geske,
Victor M. Karpyak
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agy007
Subject(s) - single nucleotide polymorphism , bonferroni correction , medicine , cohort , logistic regression , snp , body mass index , case control study , odds ratio , genotype , genetics , biology , gene , statistics , mathematics
Prior studies have established variation at the PNPLA3 gene to be associated with a risk of developing alcoholic liver disease (ALD). We attempt to replicate this finding and other potential genetic variations previously associated with ALD utilizing a case-control design in a cohort of subjects with alcohol use disorders.

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