Article
Familial risk and heritability of intellectual disability: a population-based cohort study in Sweden.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Sept 2022
Lichtenstein Paul, Tideman Magnus, Sullivan Patrick F, Serlachius Eva, Larsson Henrik, Kuja-Halkola Ralf, Butwicka Agnieszka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Intellectual disability (ID) aggregates in families, but factors affecting individual risk and heritability estimates remain unknown. METHODS: A population-based family cohort study of 4,165,785 individuals born 1973-2013 in Sweden, including 37,787 ID individuals and their relatives. The relative risks (RR) of ID with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were obtained from stratified Cox...
Topics
- Child
- Cohort Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Intellectual Disability
- Male
- Registries
- Risk Factors
- Sweden
