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Genetic predispositions to psychiatric disorders and the risk of COVID-19.
BMC medicine - 23 Aug 2022
Chen Wenwen, Zeng Yu, Suo Chen, Yang Huazhen, Chen Yilong, Hou Can, Hu Yao, Ying Zhiye, Sun Yajing, Qu Yuanyuan, Lu Donghao, Fang Fang, Valdimarsdóttir Unnur A, Song Huan
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BACKGROUND: Whether a genetic predisposition to psychiatric disorders is associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unknown. METHODS: Our analytic sample consisted of 287,123 white British participants in UK Biobank who were alive on 31 January 2020. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) analysis for each psychiatric disorder (substance misuse, depression, anxiety, psychotic disorder,...
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