Article
Adolescent pain reports share genetic overlap with adult chronic pain conditions: A polygenic score analysis using the ABCD study.
The journal of pain - 1 Jun 2026
Rader Lydia, Zorina-Lichtenwalter Katerina, Gustavson Daniel E, Wager Tor D, Friedman Naomi P
Abstract excerpt
Adolescent pain complaints may be related to genetic risk for chronic pain across the life course. Identifying whether adolescent pain is genetically linked to chronic pain in adulthood can advance understanding of pain etiology and inform early intervention. Two waves of pain assessments were used from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, a population-based sample of 11,876 adolescents. The...
Topics
- Humans
- Chronic Pain
- Genetic Risk Score
- Adolescent
- Female
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Male
- Child
- Adult
- Multifactorial Inheritance
- Musculoskeletal Pain
