Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers

Sarah M. Hartz; Susan E. Short; Nancy L. Saccone; Robert Culverhouse; Li Shiun Chen; Tae Hwi Schwantes-An; Hilary Coon; Younghun Han; Sarah H. Stephens; Juzhong Sun; Xiangning Chen; Francesca Ducci; Nicole Dueker; Nora Franceschini; Josef Frank; Frank Geller; Daniel Guobjartsson; Nadia N. Hansel; Chenhui Jiang; Kaisu Keskitalo-Vuokko; Zhen Liu; Leo Pekka Lyytikäinen; Martha Michel; Rajesh Rawal; Albert Rosenberger; Paul Scheet; John R. Shaffer; Alexander Teumer; John R. Thompson; Jacqueline M. Vink; Nicole Vogelzangs; Angela S. Wenzlaff; William Wheeler; Xiangjun Xiao; Bao Zhu Yang; Steven H. Aggen; Anthony J. Balmforth; Sebastian E. Baumeister; Terri Beaty; Siiri Bennett; Andrew W. Bergen; Heather A. Boyd; Ulla Broms; Harry Campbell; Nilanjan Chatterjee; Jingchun Chen; Yu Ching Cheng; Sven Cichon; David Couper; Francesco Cucca; Danielle M. Dick; Tatiana Foroud; Helena Furberg; Ina Giegling; Fangyi Gu; Alistair S. Hall; Jenni Hällfors; Shizhong Han; Annette M. Hartmann; Caroline Hayward; Kauko Heikkilä; John K. Hewitt; Jouke Jan Hottenga; Majken K. Jensen; Pekka Jousilahti; Marika Kaakinen; Steven J. Kittner; Bettina Konte; Tellervo Korhonen; Maria Teresa Landi; Tiina Laatikainen; Mark Leppert; Steven M. Levy; Rasika A. Mathias; Daniel W. McNeil; Sarah E. Medland; Grant W. Montgomery; Thomas Muley; Tanda Murray; Matthias Nauck; Kari North; Michele Pergadia; Ozren Polasek; Erin M. Ramos; Samuli Ripatti; Angela Risch; Ingo Ruczinski; Igor Rudan; Veikko Salomaa; David Schlessinger; Unnur Styrkársdóttir; Antonio Terracciano; Manuela Uda; Gonneke Willemsen; Xifeng Wu; Goncalo Abecasis; Kathleen Barnes; Heike Bickeböller; Eric Boerwinkle; Dorret I. Boomsma; Neil Caporaso; Jubao Duan; Howard J. Edenberg; Clyde Francks; Pablo V. Gejman; Joel Gelernter; Hans Jörgen Grabe; Hyman Hops; Marjo Riitta Jarvelin; Jorma Viikari; Mika Kähönen; Kenneth S. Kendler; Terho Lehtimäki; Douglas F. Levinson; Mary L. Marazita; Jonathan Marchini; Mads Melbye; Braxton D. Mitchell; Jeffrey C. Murray; Markus M. Nöthen; Brenda W. Penninx; Olli Raitakari; Marcella Rietschel; Dan Rujescu; Nilesh J. Samani; Alan R. Sanders; Ann G. Schwartz; Sanjay Shete; Jianxin Shi; Margaret Spitz; Kari Stefansson; Gary E. Swan; Thorgeir Thorgeirsson; Henry Völzke; Qingyi Wei; H. Erich Wichmann; Christopher I. Amos; Naomi Breslau; Dale S. Cannon; Marissa Ehringer; Richard Grucza; Dorothy Hatsukami; Andrew Heath; Eric O. Johnson; Jaakko Kaprio; Pamela Madden; Nicholas G. Martin; Victoria L. Stevens; Jerry A. Stitzel; Robert B. Weiss; Peter Kraft; Laura J. Bierut

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Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers

Sarah M. Hartz, Susan E. Short, Nancy L. Saccone, Robert Culverhouse, Li Shiun Chen, Tae Hwi Schwantes-An, Hilary Coon, Younghun Han, Sarah H. Stephens, Juzhong Sun, Xiangning Chen, Francesca Ducci, Nicole Dueker, Nora Franceschini, Josef Frank, Frank Geller, Daniel Guobjartsson, Nadia N. Hansel, Chenhui Jiang, Kaisu Keskitalo-VuokkoZhen Liu, Leo Pekka Lyytikäinen, Martha Michel, Rajesh Rawal, Albert Rosenberger, Paul Scheet, John R. Shaffer, Alexander Teumer, John R. Thompson, Jacqueline M. Vink, Nicole Vogelzangs, Angela S. Wenzlaff, William Wheeler, Xiangjun Xiao, Bao Zhu Yang, Steven H. Aggen, Anthony J. Balmforth, Sebastian E. Baumeister, Terri Beaty, Siiri Bennett, Andrew W. Bergen, Heather A. Boyd, Ulla Broms, Harry Campbell, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Jingchun Chen, Yu Ching Cheng, Sven Cichon, David Couper, Francesco Cucca, Danielle M. Dick, Tatiana Foroud, Helena Furberg, Ina Giegling, Fangyi Gu, Alistair S. Hall, Jenni Hällfors, Shizhong Han, Annette M. Hartmann, Caroline Hayward, Kauko Heikkilä, John K. Hewitt, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Majken K. Jensen, Pekka Jousilahti, Marika Kaakinen, Steven J. Kittner, Bettina Konte, Tellervo Korhonen, Maria Teresa Landi, Tiina Laatikainen, Mark Leppert, Steven M. Levy, Rasika A. Mathias, Daniel W. McNeil, Sarah E. Medland, Grant W. Montgomery, Thomas Muley, Tanda Murray, Matthias Nauck, Kari North, Michele Pergadia, Ozren Polasek, Erin M. Ramos, Samuli Ripatti, Angela Risch, Ingo Ruczinski, Igor Rudan, Veikko Salomaa, David Schlessinger, Unnur Styrkársdóttir, Antonio Terracciano, Manuela Uda, Gonneke Willemsen, Xifeng Wu, Goncalo Abecasis, Kathleen Barnes, Heike Bickeböller, Eric Boerwinkle, Dorret I. Boomsma, Neil Caporaso, Jubao Duan, Howard J. Edenberg, Clyde Francks, Pablo V. Gejman, Joel Gelernter, Hans Jörgen Grabe, Hyman Hops, Marjo Riitta Jarvelin, Jorma Viikari, Mika Kähönen, Kenneth S. Kendler, Terho Lehtimäki, Douglas F. Levinson, Mary L. Marazita, Jonathan Marchini, Mads Melbye, Braxton D. Mitchell, Jeffrey C. Murray, Markus M. Nöthen, Brenda W. Penninx, Olli Raitakari, Marcella Rietschel, Dan Rujescu, Nilesh J. Samani, Alan R. Sanders, Ann G. Schwartz, Sanjay Shete, Jianxin Shi, Margaret Spitz, Kari Stefansson, Gary E. Swan, Thorgeir Thorgeirsson, Henry Völzke, Qingyi Wei, H. Erich Wichmann, Christopher I. Amos, Naomi Breslau, Dale S. Cannon, Marissa Ehringer, Richard Grucza, Dorothy Hatsukami, Andrew Heath, Eric O. Johnson, Jaakko Kaprio, Pamela Madden, Nicholas G. Martin, Victoria L. Stevens, Jerry A. Stitzel, Robert B. Weiss, Peter Kraft, Laura J. Bierut

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Context: Recent studies have shown an association between cigarettes per day (CPD) and a nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism in CHRNA5, rs16969968. Objective: To determine whether the association between rs16969968 and smoking is modified by age at onset of regular smoking. Data Sources: Primary data. Study Selection: Available genetic studies containing measures of CPD and the genotype of rs16969968 or its proxy. DataExtraction: Uniform statistical analysis scripts were runlocally. Startingwith94 050ever-smokersfrom43studies, we extracted the heavy smokers (CPD>20) and light smokers (CPD ≤10) with age-at-onset information, reducing the sample size to 33 348. Each study was stratified into early-onset smokers (age at onset ≤16 years) and late-onset smokers (age at onset >16 years), and a logistic regression of heavyvs light smoking with the rs16969968 genotype was computed for each stratum. Meta-analysis was performed within each age-at-onset stratum. Data Synthesis: Individuals with 1 risk allele at rs16969968 who were early-onset smokers were significantly more likely to be heavy smokers in adulthood (odds ratio [OR]=1.45; 95% CI, 1.36-1.55; n=13 843) than were carriers of the risk allele who were late-onset smokers (OR=1.27; 95% CI, 1.21-1.33, n=19 505) (P=.01). Conclusion: These results highlight an increased genetic vulnerability to smoking in early-onset smokers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	854-861
Number of pages	8
Journal	Archives of General Psychiatry
Volume	69
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.124
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Hartz, S. M., Short, S. E., Saccone, N. L., Culverhouse, R., Chen, L. S., Schwantes-An, T. H., Coon, H., Han, Y., Stephens, S. H., Sun, J., Chen, X., Ducci, F., Dueker, N., Franceschini, N., Frank, J., Geller, F., Guobjartsson, D., Hansel, N. N., Jiang, C., ... Bierut, L. J. (2012). Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers. Archives of General Psychiatry, 69(8), 854-861. https://doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.124

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AU - Hartz, Sarah M.

AU - Short, Susan E.

AU - Saccone, Nancy L.

AU - Culverhouse, Robert

AU - Chen, Li Shiun

AU - Schwantes-An, Tae Hwi

AU - Coon, Hilary

AU - Han, Younghun

AU - Stephens, Sarah H.

AU - Sun, Juzhong

AU - Chen, Xiangning

AU - Ducci, Francesca

AU - Dueker, Nicole

AU - Franceschini, Nora

AU - Frank, Josef

AU - Geller, Frank

AU - Guobjartsson, Daniel

AU - Hansel, Nadia N.

AU - Jiang, Chenhui

AU - Keskitalo-Vuokko, Kaisu

AU - Liu, Zhen

AU - Lyytikäinen, Leo Pekka

AU - Michel, Martha

AU - Rawal, Rajesh

AU - Rosenberger, Albert

AU - Scheet, Paul

AU - Shaffer, John R.

AU - Teumer, Alexander

AU - Thompson, John R.

AU - Vink, Jacqueline M.

AU - Vogelzangs, Nicole

AU - Wenzlaff, Angela S.

AU - Wheeler, William

AU - Xiao, Xiangjun

AU - Yang, Bao Zhu

AU - Aggen, Steven H.

AU - Balmforth, Anthony J.

AU - Baumeister, Sebastian E.

AU - Beaty, Terri

AU - Bennett, Siiri

AU - Bergen, Andrew W.

AU - Boyd, Heather A.

AU - Broms, Ulla

AU - Campbell, Harry

AU - Chatterjee, Nilanjan

AU - Chen, Jingchun

AU - Cheng, Yu Ching

AU - Cichon, Sven

AU - Couper, David

AU - Cucca, Francesco

AU - Dick, Danielle M.

AU - Foroud, Tatiana

AU - Furberg, Helena

AU - Giegling, Ina

AU - Gu, Fangyi

AU - Hall, Alistair S.

AU - Hällfors, Jenni

AU - Han, Shizhong

AU - Hartmann, Annette M.

AU - Hayward, Caroline

AU - Heikkilä, Kauko

AU - Hewitt, John K.

AU - Hottenga, Jouke Jan

AU - Jensen, Majken K.

AU - Jousilahti, Pekka

AU - Kaakinen, Marika

AU - Kittner, Steven J.

AU - Konte, Bettina

AU - Korhonen, Tellervo

AU - Landi, Maria Teresa

AU - Laatikainen, Tiina

AU - Leppert, Mark

AU - Levy, Steven M.

AU - Mathias, Rasika A.

AU - McNeil, Daniel W.

AU - Medland, Sarah E.

AU - Montgomery, Grant W.

AU - Muley, Thomas

AU - Murray, Tanda

AU - Nauck, Matthias

AU - North, Kari

AU - Pergadia, Michele

AU - Polasek, Ozren

AU - Ramos, Erin M.

AU - Ripatti, Samuli

AU - Risch, Angela

AU - Ruczinski, Ingo

AU - Rudan, Igor

AU - Salomaa, Veikko

AU - Schlessinger, David

AU - Styrkársdóttir, Unnur

AU - Terracciano, Antonio

AU - Uda, Manuela

AU - Willemsen, Gonneke

AU - Wu, Xifeng

AU - Abecasis, Goncalo

AU - Barnes, Kathleen

AU - Bickeböller, Heike

AU - Boerwinkle, Eric

AU - Boomsma, Dorret I.

AU - Caporaso, Neil

AU - Duan, Jubao

AU - Edenberg, Howard J.

AU - Francks, Clyde

AU - Gejman, Pablo V.

AU - Gelernter, Joel

AU - Grabe, Hans Jörgen

AU - Hops, Hyman

AU - Jarvelin, Marjo Riitta

AU - Viikari, Jorma

AU - Kähönen, Mika

AU - Kendler, Kenneth S.

AU - Lehtimäki, Terho

AU - Levinson, Douglas F.

AU - Marazita, Mary L.

AU - Marchini, Jonathan

AU - Melbye, Mads

AU - Mitchell, Braxton D.

AU - Murray, Jeffrey C.

AU - Nöthen, Markus M.

AU - Penninx, Brenda W.

AU - Raitakari, Olli

AU - Rietschel, Marcella

AU - Rujescu, Dan

AU - Samani, Nilesh J.

AU - Sanders, Alan R.

AU - Schwartz, Ann G.

AU - Shete, Sanjay

AU - Shi, Jianxin

AU - Spitz, Margaret

AU - Stefansson, Kari

AU - Swan, Gary E.

AU - Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir

AU - Völzke, Henry

AU - Wei, Qingyi

AU - Wichmann, H. Erich

AU - Amos, Christopher I.

AU - Breslau, Naomi

AU - Cannon, Dale S.

AU - Ehringer, Marissa

AU - Grucza, Richard

AU - Hatsukami, Dorothy

AU - Heath, Andrew

AU - Johnson, Eric O.

AU - Kaprio, Jaakko

AU - Madden, Pamela

AU - Martin, Nicholas G.

AU - Stevens, Victoria L.

AU - Stitzel, Jerry A.

AU - Weiss, Robert B.

AU - Kraft, Peter

AU - Bierut, Laura J.

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N2 - Context: Recent studies have shown an association between cigarettes per day (CPD) and a nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism in CHRNA5, rs16969968. Objective: To determine whether the association between rs16969968 and smoking is modified by age at onset of regular smoking. Data Sources: Primary data. Study Selection: Available genetic studies containing measures of CPD and the genotype of rs16969968 or its proxy. DataExtraction: Uniform statistical analysis scripts were runlocally. Startingwith94 050ever-smokersfrom43studies, we extracted the heavy smokers (CPD>20) and light smokers (CPD ≤10) with age-at-onset information, reducing the sample size to 33 348. Each study was stratified into early-onset smokers (age at onset ≤16 years) and late-onset smokers (age at onset >16 years), and a logistic regression of heavyvs light smoking with the rs16969968 genotype was computed for each stratum. Meta-analysis was performed within each age-at-onset stratum. Data Synthesis: Individuals with 1 risk allele at rs16969968 who were early-onset smokers were significantly more likely to be heavy smokers in adulthood (odds ratio [OR]=1.45; 95% CI, 1.36-1.55; n=13 843) than were carriers of the risk allele who were late-onset smokers (OR=1.27; 95% CI, 1.21-1.33, n=19 505) (P=.01). Conclusion: These results highlight an increased genetic vulnerability to smoking in early-onset smokers.

AB - Context: Recent studies have shown an association between cigarettes per day (CPD) and a nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism in CHRNA5, rs16969968. Objective: To determine whether the association between rs16969968 and smoking is modified by age at onset of regular smoking. Data Sources: Primary data. Study Selection: Available genetic studies containing measures of CPD and the genotype of rs16969968 or its proxy. DataExtraction: Uniform statistical analysis scripts were runlocally. Startingwith94 050ever-smokersfrom43studies, we extracted the heavy smokers (CPD>20) and light smokers (CPD ≤10) with age-at-onset information, reducing the sample size to 33 348. Each study was stratified into early-onset smokers (age at onset ≤16 years) and late-onset smokers (age at onset >16 years), and a logistic regression of heavyvs light smoking with the rs16969968 genotype was computed for each stratum. Meta-analysis was performed within each age-at-onset stratum. Data Synthesis: Individuals with 1 risk allele at rs16969968 who were early-onset smokers were significantly more likely to be heavy smokers in adulthood (odds ratio [OR]=1.45; 95% CI, 1.36-1.55; n=13 843) than were carriers of the risk allele who were late-onset smokers (OR=1.27; 95% CI, 1.21-1.33, n=19 505) (P=.01). Conclusion: These results highlight an increased genetic vulnerability to smoking in early-onset smokers.

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