Alcohol use in Early Midlife: Findings from the Age 37 Follow-Up Assessment of the FinnTwin12 Cohort

• DOI: 10.1007/s10519-024-10212-y
• Publication Date: 2025-02-08T03:30:22Z
• Authors: Megan E. Cooke; Erin Lumpe; Mallory Stephenson; Mia Urjansson; Fazil Aliev; Teemu Palviainen; Sarah J. Brislin; Maarit Piirtola; Jill Rabinowitz; Antti Latvala; Peter B. Barr; Eero Vuoksimaa; Hermine H. M. Maes; Richard Viken; Richard J. Rose; Jaakko Kaprio; Danielle M. Dick; Sari Aaltonen; Jessica E. Salvatore
• Keywords: Health psychology

This paper provides an overview of the most recent assessment, collected in early midlife, FinnTwin12 cohort, a population-based study Finnish twins born 1983-1987. The were invited to complete online survey assessing range variables, including physical and mental health, alcohol use problems, other substance use, midlife environments (e.g., parenthood). In total, 2,085 individuals (~ 40% original sample) completed (551 twin pairs, 58.7% female, 37.3% monozygotic, Mage = 37.2 years, SD 1.47 age 34-39 years). Individuals who participated more likely be have higher parental education less hyperactivity/impulsivity aggression at 12 when compared but did not participate. Parental misuse twins' 14 related retention. Alcohol was positively associated with nicotine dependence, lifetime cannabis drugs, trauma exposure, depressive symptoms, negatively health having biological children. These new data expand upon wealth measures as part previous assessments, expanding scope work on etiology correlates within longitudinal, genetically-informed framework. addition these measures, we are planning in-person assessment collect physiological measurements conduct additional in-depth phenotyping subset been intensively studied over years.