[quote=ocrenter][quote=Rustico]OCR, What is the highest occurrence of multi-factorial disease that is not alcoholism?[/quote]
most diseases out there are multi-factorial. it is extremely rare to have a disease coming from a specific cause or specific genetic mutation.[/quote]
Playing devils advocate and fishing for the for the frequency of other “multi-factorial” diseases in families. The occurrence is extremely high for combination of alcoholics, chain smoking, drug addicts, eating disorders etc. in the same family. We see things like cleft pallate occuring but much less frequently. We even see entire sibling groups as serious alcoholics pretty often. I am not sure but, I don’t think even asthma afflicts whole families nearly as often as these substance problems? What is the explanation?
