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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2024 May 28;47(4):369–383. doi: 10.1002/nur.22400

Table 4.

Genetic Polymorphisms Assessed in The CARING Study

Concept Gene Polymorphism Reference
Caregiving Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) rs53576 Toepfer et al., 2017
Dopamine Receptor (DRD4) Exon III 7-repeat Mileva-Seitz et al., 2016

Neuroplasticity Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met Chen et al., 2006

Metabolism Fat mass and obesity associated protein (FTO) rs9930506 Scuteri et al., 2007

Inflammation Interleukin-6 −174 Fishman et al., 1998