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Genome-wide association study of dietary intake in the UK biobank study and its associations with schizophrenia and other traits.
Translational psychiatry - 3 Feb 2020
Niarchou Maria, Byrne Enda M, Trzaskowski Maciej, Sidorenko Julia, Kemper Kathryn E, McGrath John J, O' Donovan Michael C, Owen Michael J, Wray Naomi R
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Motivated by observational studies that report associations between schizophrenia and traits, such as poor diet, increased body mass index and metabolic disease, we investigated the genetic contribution to dietary intake in a sample of 335,576 individuals from the UK Biobank study. A principal component analysis applied to diet question item responses generated two components: Diet Component 1 (DC1) represented a...
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