TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Association between polymorphisms of the DRD2 and ANKK1 genes and suicide attempt: a preliminary case-control study in a Mexican population JO - Neuropsychobiology A1 - Genis-Mendoza, Alma Delia A1 - López-Narváez, María Lilia A1 - Tovilla-Zárate, Carlos Alfonso A1 - Sarmiento, Emmanuel A1 - Chavez, Adriana A1 - Martinez-Magaña, Jose Jaime A1 - González-Castro, Thelma Beatriz A1 - Hernández-Díaz, Yazmín A1 - Juárez-Rojop, Isela Esther A1 - Ávila-Fernández, Ángela A1 - Nicolini, Humberto SP - 193 EP - 198 VL - 76 IS - 4 N2 - BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyze the possible association of polymorphic variants of the DRD2 and ANKK1 genes with suicide attempt in a Mexican population.

METHODS: We conducted a case-control study in 289 subjects (166 suicide attempters and 123 healthy controls). We genotyped 2 polymorphisms of DRD2 (rs6275 and rs1799978) and 1 polymorphism of ANKK1 (rs1800497); then we analyzed the association between suicide attempt and these polymorphisms through genotypes, alleles, and inheritance models.

RESULTS: Individuals who carried the TT genotype of the rs1800497 showed a 3-fold risk of attempting suicide (OR = 3.01; 95% CI 1.56-5.81, p = 0.001) when evaluated through the recessive model. In an analysis stratified by gender, this risk factor remained present among females (OR = 2.81; 95% CI 1.37-5.75) as well as males (OR = 3.3; 95% CI 1.01-10.77).

CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the rs1800497 variant of the ANKK1 gene could increase the risk of suicide attempt in a Mexican population. However, further studies using larger samples are necessary to obtain more conclusive results.

© 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 0302-282X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000490071 ID - ref1 ER -