1. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and comorbid disruptive behavior disorders: evidence of pleiotropy and new susceptibility loci.
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Jain M, Palacio LG, Castellanos FX, Palacio JD, Pineda D, Restrepo MI, Muñoz JF, Lopera F, Wallis D, Berg K, Bailey-Wilson JE, Arcos-Burgos M, and Muenke M
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- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Chromosome Mapping, Comorbidity, Conduct Disorder epidemiology, Conduct Disorder genetics, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium genetics, Male, Phenotype, Risk Factors, Substance-Related Disorders epidemiology, Substance-Related Disorders genetics, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity epidemiology, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity genetics, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders epidemiology, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders genetics, Chromosome Aberrations
- Abstract
Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) comorbid with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) or conduct disorder (CD) and substance abuse/dependence seems to represent a specific subset within the phenotypic ADHD spectrum., Methods: We applied complex segregation and linkage analyses in a set of multigenerational families densely segregating ADHD comorbid with ODD, CD, alcohol abuse/dependence, and nicotine dependence., Results: Our data suggest that ADHD cosegregates with disruptive behaviors as a unique, phenotypically variable trait as evidenced by highly significant pair-wise linkages among: ADHD and ODD (logarithm of odds [LOD]=14.19), ADHD and CD (LOD=5.34), ODD and CD (LOD=6.68), and CD and alcohol abuse/dependence (LOD=3.98). In addition to previously reported ADHD susceptibility loci, we found evidence of linkage for comorbid ADHD phenotypes to loci at 8q24, 2p21-22.3, 5p13.1-p13.3, 12p11.23-13.3, 8q15, and 14q21.1-22.2. These results were replicated with an affected status phenotype derived from latent class clusters., Conclusions: Patterns of cosegregation of ADHD with comorbidities can inform our understanding of the inheritance patterns not only of ADHD but also of disruptive behavioral disorders and alcohol abuse/dependence. Refining the comorbid ADHD phenotype by determining the cosegregation profile of specific comorbidities might be a powerful tool for defining significant regions of linkage.
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- 2007
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