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Chunk #22 — RESULTS — Latent variable approach characterizes and ameliorates bias in GWAS of alcohol consumption

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Item-Level Genome-Wide Association Study of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in Three Population-Based Cohorts.
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We did still observe that, compared to Consumption, Problems was more strongly related to psychopathology (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia). We also identified novel divergent associations with pain phenotypes, malnutrition and measures of social satisfaction (e.g., Problems showing genetic overlap with these conditions) suggesting that, as we anticipated, the genetic contributions to alcohol consumption and misuse reflect both complementary and distinct genetic factors.