Investigating the Association Between Body Fat and Depression via Mendelian Randomization
Maria Simonsen Speed, Oskar Hougaard Jefsen, Anders Dupont Børglum, Doug Speed, Søren Dinesen Østergaard
This study uses Mendelian Randomization to investigate the causal relationship between body fat, non-fat mass, height, and depression, finding that fat mass and short stature increase depression risk while non-fat mass does not.
Translational Psychiatry · Aug 5, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics