TraitModerate for a small additive association among smokers; not smoking initiation or quitting
Nicotine dependence tendency
Nicotine dependence tendency is a genetic trait Biome reports in its behavioral panel: Among people who smoke, a CHRNA5 version is linked to smoking more and stronger nicotine dependence.
- Category
- Behavioral
- Markers
- CHRNA5 rs16969968
- Strength of evidence
- Moderate for a small additive association among smokers; not smoking initiation or quitting
Genes
Markers (rsIDs)
How Biome reads this
Biome's whole-genome test reads this from one saliva sample, alongside all 3.2 billion letters of your DNA.
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