Pleiotropy between neuroticism and physical and mental health: Findings from 108038 men and women in UK biobank

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Gale, C R ^a,b   Hagenaars, S P ^a   Davies, G ^a   Hill, W D ^a   Liewald, D C M ^a   Cullen, B ^c   Penninx, B W ^d   Boomsma, D I ^e   Pell, J ^c   McIntosh, A M ^a   Smith, D J ^c   Deary, I J ^a   Harris, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY MASS; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NEUROSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PLEIOTROPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85016119837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2016.56     Document Type: Article

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