A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank
Xueyi Shen, David M. Howard, Mark J. Adams, William David Hill, Toni-Kim Clarke, Andrew Mark McIntosh, Ian J. Deary, Naomi R. Wray, Stephan Ripke, Manuel Mattheisen, Maciej Trzaskowski, Enda M. Byrne, Abdel Abdellaoui, Esben Agerbo, Tracy Air, , Michael John Owen
This study identifies traits associated with polygenic risk for depression using UK Biobank data and finds causal links between depression risk and brain structure, as well as environmental interactions.
Nature Communications · May 8, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics