• Xavier Muñoz, Pilar Amiano, David Celorrio, Miren Dorronsoro, María-José Sánchez, José M Huerta, Aurelio Barricarte, Larraitz Arriola, Carmen Navarro, Esther Molina-Montes, M Dolores Chirlaque, Eva Ardanaz, Laudina Rodriguez, Eric J Duell, Elizabeth Hijona, Marta Herreros-Villanueva, Núria Sala, and Luis Bujanda.
• Molecular Epidemiology Group, Translational Research Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO-IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain.
• Addiction. 2012 Dec 1; 107 (12): 2117-27.

AimsTo analyse associations between alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) polymorphisms and alcohol intake in Spanish men and women.Design And SettingsWe analysed the relationship between 21 genetic variants in ADH genes and excessive alcohol intake in both men and women. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped using a customized array and a sex-stratified analysis was performed.MeasurementsEthanol intake was calculated using a validated dietary history questionnaire.ParticipantsHeavy consumers of alcohol (≥70 g/day in men, ≥42 g/day in women) (653 cases) and very low or non-consumers (<2 g/day) (880 controls) from the Spanish cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC).FindingsWe found statistically significant associations between alcohol intake and known life-style factors; namely, smoking and food energy intake (meat and fruit/seeds) in both men and women, as well as with physical activity in women and educational level in men. Additionally, we found that a non-synonymous coding SNP in ADH1B (rs1229984) is associated inversely with excessive alcohol intake in men [odds ratio (OR) = 0.19, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.11-0.33; P = 4.77E(-10) ) and women (OR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.27-0.83; P = 0.0067). Furthermore, ADH6 rs3857224 was found associated with heavy alcohol intake in women (OR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.21-2.14; P = 1.01E(-3) ), but not in men.ConclusionsIn the Spanish population, the single nucleotide polymorphism of alcohol dehydrogenase ADH1B, rs1229984, is associated inversely with alcohol intake in both men and women. Another polymorphism of ADH6, rs3857224, is associated with heavy alcohol intake in women.© 2012 The Authors, Addiction © 2012 Society for the Study of Addiction.

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