Relationship between obesity and the risk of clinically significant depression: Mendelian randomisation study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-28

  Hung, Chi Fa ^a,b   Rivera, Margarita ^a,c   Craddock, Nick ^d   Owen, Michael J ^d   Gill, Michael ^e   Korszun, Ania ^f   Maier, Wolfgang ^g   Mors, Ole ^h   Preisig, Martin ⁱ   Rice, John P ^j   Rietschel, Marcella ^k   Jones, Lisa ^l   Middleton, Lefkos ^m   Aitchison, Kathy J ^a,n   Davis, Oliver S P ^o   Breen, Gerome ^a   Lewis, Cathryn ^a,p   Farmer, Anne ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ DEPT UNIV DE PSYCHIATRIE ADULTE   (Switzerland)

^j WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^m IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84904013630     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.130419     Document Type: Article

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