Open AccessSubtyping of alcohol dependence in Indian males: A cluster analytic approach
Author(s) -
Savita Malhotra,
Debasish Basu,
Abhishek Ghosh,
Madhu Khullar,
Neeraj Kakkar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.196707
Subject(s) - subtyping , antisocial personality disorder , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , conduct disorder , psychology , single nucleotide polymorphism , cluster (spacecraft) , population , alcohol dependence , endophenotype , clinical psychology , snp , psychiatry , genotype , genetics , medicine , poison control , alcohol , gene , biology , cognition , injury prevention , biochemistry , environmental health , computer science , programming language
Two cluster solutions for the subtyping of alcohol dependence (AD) was investigated in an Indian male population. Subtypes were compared for various personality traits and childhood externalizing disorders. They were also compared with respect to single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of various candidate genes.