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Genetic correlation between smoking behaviors and schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Apr 2018
Hartz Sarah M, Horton Amy C, Hancock Dana B, Baker Timothy B, Caporaso Neil E, Chen Li-Shiun, Hokanson John E, Lutz Sharon M, Marazita Mary L, McNeil Daniel W, Pato Carlos N, Pato Michele T, Johnson Eric O, Bierut Laura J
Abstract excerpt
Nicotine dependence is highly comorbid with schizophrenia, and the etiology of the comorbidity is unknown. To determine whether there is a genetic correlation of smoking behavior with schizophrenia, genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis results from five smoking phenotypes (ever/never smoker (N=74,035), age of onset of smoking (N=28,647), cigarettes smoked per day (CPD, N=38,860), nicotine dependence...
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