Genetic variants in dopamine pathways affect personality dimensions displayed by patients with eating disorders.

CONCLUSION: Whilst no associations were found for the BN and BED groups, our results suggest that women with AN carrying the homozygous variant Gly9Gly genotype in the dopamine D3 receptor have significantly worse ED-related symptomatology. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III (evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case-control analytic studies). PMID: 31786797 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research