Genetic heterogeneity in depressive symptoms following the death of a spouse: Polygenic score analysis of the U.S. Health and retirement study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 963-970

  Domingue, Benjamin W ^a,b,c,d,e   Liu, Hexuan ^a,b,c,d,e   Okbay, Aysu ^a,b,c,d,e   Belsky, Daniel W ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POLYGENIC SCORE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; BEREAVEMENT; CAUCASIAN; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018411845     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16111209     Document Type: Article

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