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A twin study of alcohol dependence, binge eating, and compensatory behaviors.

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs - 1 Sept 2013

Munn-Chernoff Melissa A, Duncan Alexis E, Grant Julia D, Wade Tracey D, Agrawal Arpana, Bucholz Kathleen K, Madden Pamela A F, Martin Nicholas G, Heath Andrew C

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OBJECTIVE: Rates of alcohol dependence are elevated in women with eating disorders who engage in binge eating or compensatory behaviors compared with women with eating disorders who do not report binge eating or compensatory behaviors and with healthy controls. Alcohol dependence, binge eating, and compensatory behaviors are heritable; however, it is unclear whether a shared genetic liability contributes to the...

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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcoholism
Australia
Bulimia
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male

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Multivariate Analysis

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Twins

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PMID: 23948525
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2013.74.664
PMCID: PMC3749309

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