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Associations between the CADM2 gene, substance use, risky sexual behavior, and self-control: A phenome-wide association study.
Addiction biology - 1 Nov 2021
Arends Rachel M, Pasman Joëlle A, Verweij Karin J H, Derks Eske M, Gordon Scott D, Hickie Ian, Thomas Nathaniel S, Aliev Fazil, Zietsch Brendan P, van der Zee Matthijs D, Mitchell Brittany L, Martin Nicholas G, Dick Danielle M, Gillespie Nathan A, de Geus Eco J C, Boomsma Dorret I, Schellekens Arnt F A, Vink Jacqueline M
Abstract excerpt
Risky behaviors, such as substance use and unprotected sex, are associated with various physical and mental health problems. Recent genome-wide association studies indicated that variation in the cell adhesion molecule 2 (CADM2) gene plays a role in risky behaviors and self-control. In this phenome-wide scan for risky behavior, it was tested if underlying common vulnerability could be (partly) explained by...
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