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Journal of critical care · Feb 2014
A pilot investigation of the association of genetic polymorphisms regulating corticotrophin-releasing hormone with posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in medical-surgical intensive care unit survivors.
- Dimitry S Davydow, Ruth Kohen, Catherine L Hough, Julia Helen Tracy, Douglas Zatzick, and Wayne J Katon.
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: ddavydo1@u.washington.edu.
- J Crit Care. 2014 Feb 1; 29 (1): 101-6.
PurposeTo determine if single nucleotide polymorphisms of the corticotrophin-releasing hormone binding protein (CRHBP, rs10055255) and CRH receptor type 1 (CRHR1, rs1876831) were associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms following medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization.Materials And MethodsWe extracted DNA for genotyping from saliva samples of 93 ICU patients enrolled in a prospective cohort investigation. Follow-up interviews conducted 3 and 12-months post-ICU included assessment of PTSD symptoms with the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version and depressive symptoms with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9.ResultsHomozygosity for the CRHBP rs10055255 T allele was associated with significantly fewer post-ICU PTSD (β = -10.8, 95% confidence interval [95% CI], -17.7 to -3.9; P = .002) and depressive symptoms (β = -3.7, 95% CI, -6.7 to -0.7; P = .02). Carrying a CRHR1 rs1876831 C allele was associated with significantly more post-ICU depressive symptoms compared to T/T homozygotes (C/T heterozygtes: β = 6.9, 95% CI, 1.2-12.6; P = .02; C/C homozygotes: β = 5.8; 95% CI: 0.2-11.3; P = .04). These associations remained significant after adjustment for age, race, illness severity, and in-ICU steroid exposure.ConclusionsDespite a small sample size, our findings suggest a potential role for genetic variants of CRHBP and CRHR1 in the development of post-ICU psychiatric morbidity.© 2013.
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