Shared genetic aetiology between cognitive functions and physical and mental health in UK Biobank (N=112 151) and 24 GWAS consortia

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1624-1632

  Hagenaars, S P ^a   Harris, S E ^a   Davies, G ^a   Hill, W D ^a   Liewald, D C M ^a   Ritchie, S J ^a   Marioni, R E ^a,b   Fawns Ritchie, C ^a   Cullen, B ^c   Malik, R ^d   Worrall, B B ^e,f   Sudlow, C L M ^a,g   Wardlaw, J M ^a,g   Gallacher, J ^h   Pell, J ^c   McIntosh, A M ^a   Smith, D J ^c   Gale, C R ^a,i   Deary, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOBANK; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; COGNITION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEALTH; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84992212817     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2015.225     Document Type: Article

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