Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and clinically diagnosed obesity in adolescence and young adulthood: a register-based study in Sweden.

doi:10.1017/S0033291718002532

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and clinically diagnosed obesity in adolescence and young adulthood: a register-based study in Sweden.

Psychological medicine - 1 Aug 2019

Chen Qi, Hartman Catharina A, Kuja-Halkola Ralf, Faraone Stephen V, Almqvist Catarina, Larsson Henrik

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BACKGROUND: A recent family study of young adult males suggests a shared familial liability between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and high body mass index (BMI), and a genome-wide meta-analysis reported a genetic correlation of 0.26 between ADHD and BMI. To date, it is unclear whether these findings generalize to the relationship between ADHD and clinically diagnosed obesity. METHOD: By linking...

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PMID: 30220266
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291718002532
PMCID: PMC8136973

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