TY - JOUR
T1 - The inheritance of alcohol consumption patterns in a general population twin sample
T2 - I. Multidimensional scaling of quality/frequency data
AU - Heath, A. C.
AU - Meyer, J.
AU - Eaves, L. J.
AU - Martin, N. G.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Quantity/frequency data on alcohol consumption were obtained by mailed questionnaire from 2,903 same-sex monozygotic and dizygotic Australian twin pairs. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling was applied to these data. A three-dimensional solution was required to account for the observed pattern of twin concordances for alcohol consumption. These results suggest separate determination of abstinence, frequency of consumption and quantity consumed when drinking, rather than inheritance of a single continuum of overall consumption level.
AB - Quantity/frequency data on alcohol consumption were obtained by mailed questionnaire from 2,903 same-sex monozygotic and dizygotic Australian twin pairs. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling was applied to these data. A three-dimensional solution was required to account for the observed pattern of twin concordances for alcohol consumption. These results suggest separate determination of abstinence, frequency of consumption and quantity consumed when drinking, rather than inheritance of a single continuum of overall consumption level.
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U2 - 10.15288/jsa.1991.52.345
DO - 10.15288/jsa.1991.52.345
M3 - Article
C2 - 1875708
AN - SCOPUS:0026048866
SN - 0096-882X
VL - 52
SP - 345
EP - 352
JO - Journal of Studies on Alcohol
JF - Journal of Studies on Alcohol
IS - 4
ER -