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Anorexia Nervosa, Major Depression, and Suicide Attempts: Shared Genetic Factors.
Suicide & life-threatening behavior - 1 Oct 2016
Thornton Laura M, Welch Elisabeth, Munn-Chernoff Melissa A, Lichtenstein Paul, Bulik Cynthia M
Abstract excerpt
The extent to which genetic and environmental factors influenced anorexia nervosa (AN), major depressive disorder (MDD), and suicide attempts (SA) were evaluated. Participants were 6,899 women from the Swedish Twin Study of Adults: Genes and Environment. A Cholesky decomposition assessed independent and overlapping genetic and environmental contributions to AN, MDD, and SA. Genetic factors accounted for a...
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