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Shared Genetics and Couple-Associated Environment Are Major Contributors to the Risk of Both Clinical and Self-Declared Depression.
EBioMedicine - 1 Dec 2016
Zeng Yanni, Navarro Pau, Xia Charley, Amador Carmen, Fernandez-Pujals Ana M, Thomson Pippa A, Campbell Archie, Nagy Reka, Clarke Toni-Kim, Hafferty Jonathan D, Smith Blair H, Hocking Lynne J, Padmanabhan Sandosh, Hayward Caroline, MacIntyre Donald J, Porteous David J, Haley Chris S, McIntosh Andrew M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to risk of depression, but estimates of their relative contributions are limited. Commonalities between clinically-assessed major depressive disorder (MDD) and self-declared depression (SDD) are also unclear. METHODS: Using data from a large Scottish family-based cohort (GS:SFHS, N=19,994), we estimated the genetic and environmental variance components...
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