A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank

Depression is correlated with many brain-related traits. Here, Shen et al. perform phenome-wide association studies of a depression polygenic risk score (PRS) and find associations with 51 behavioural and 26 neuroimaging traits which are further followed up on using Mendelian randomization and media...

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Main Authors: Xueyi Shen, David M. Howard, Mark J. Adams, W. David Hill, Toni-Kim Clarke, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Ian J. Deary, Heather C. Whalley, Andrew M. McIntosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16022-0