Article
Polygenic risk for severe psychopathology among Europeans is associated with major depressive disorder in Han Chinese women.
Psychological medicine - 1 Apr 2018
Edwards A C, Docherty A R, Moscati A, Bigdeli T B, Peterson R E, Webb B T, Bacanu S-A, Hettema J M, Flint J, Kendler K S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated that several major psychiatric disorders are influenced by shared genetic factors. This shared liability may influence clinical features of a given disorder (e.g. severity, age at onset). However, findings have largely been limited to European samples; little is known about the consistency of shared genetic liability across ethnicities. METHOD: The relationship...
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