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The predictive effect of family genetic risk scores as an indirect measure of causal effects of one disorder on another.
Psychological medicine - 1 Jun 2024
Kendler Kenneth S, Ohlsson Henrik, Sundquist Jan, Sundquist Kristina
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BACKGROUND: One potential cause of comorbidity is the direct causal effect of one disorder - A - on risk for subsequent onset of disorder B. Could genetic risk scores be utilized to test for such an effect? If disorder A causally impacts on risk for disorder B, then genetic risk for disorder A should be lower in cases of disorder A with v. without a prior onset of B. METHODS: In all individuals (n = 905 736) born...
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