According to the result of an American survey, people with bright eyes has 54% of chances more, to suffer from alchool addiction, with respect to those who have dark eyes. For those who have blue eyes, the percentage is up to 80%. The cause is a correspndance between the genes that regulate the colour and thos ethat influence the addictions.
Blue eyes have always been an inspirating source for artists. But, as we already know, people with blue eyes have not an easy life: blue iris ( and grey) is more delicate and more predisposed to uveal melanoma.
According to a survey made by american researchers from Vermont University, published on specialized magazine American Journal of Medical Genetics, blue eyes and alcoholism, that apparently are poles apart, would really be linked. The survey involved 1263 volunteers of european origin, 992 of them with alcoholism diagnosis .By studying the incidence of this pathology, it came out that people with bright eyes have experienced an alcoholism rate of 54% more tahn people with dark eyes, with a peak of 80% for subjects with blue eyes.
The cause should be due to a correspondance between the genes that regulate the colours and those that influence the addictions. The test has been repeated fr three times more, to net of factors as age, geographical origin and sex: the result is always been the same. According to american researchers, there will be still needed further studies to make a deeper study, but, if the result will be confirmed, eyes colour could be inserted within the predictive factors for alcoholism diagnosis.
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