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Family & Alcohol News
Family History of Alcoholism May Predict Adult Alcohol-Use Disorders
Most young adults grow out of the heavy drinking typical of their college years, but children from families with a high level of alcoholism are more likely to continue drinking heavily and develop alcohol-use disorders (AUD) even after they graduate, Health Day News reported June 4.
Researcher Christy Capone of Brown University's Centre for Alcohol and Addiction Studies and colleagues compared drinking rates of college-age adults to the density of family history of alcoholism (FHA) -- the number of alcoholics in their whole family, not just a mother or father.
Individuals whose first- or second-degree relatives had a history of alcoholism were at greater risk of drinking problems themselves, and researchers said many of these cases would have been missed if researchers had only looked at immediate family history of alcoholism.
"Using a density measure of FHA can identify a greater number of individuals who may be at risk for developing an alcohol problem," said Capone. "The greater the number of affected relatives, the greater the potential risk of developing an AUD."
The study was published online in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, June 6, 2008.
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