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A genome-wide approach to children's aggressive behavior: The EAGLE consortium.
Am. J. Med. Genet. B 171, 562-572 (2016)
Individual differences in aggressive behavior emerge in early childhood and predict persisting behavioral problems and disorders. Studies of antisocial and severe aggression in adulthood indicate substantial underlying biology. However, little attention has been given to genome-wide approaches of aggressive behavior in children. We analyzed data from nine population-based studies and assessed aggressive behavior using well-validated parent-reported questionnaires. This is the largest sample exploring children's aggressive behavior to date (N = 18,988), with measures in two developmental stages (N = 15,668 early childhood and N = 16,311 middle childhood/early adolescence). First, we estimated the additive genetic variance of children's aggressive behavior based on genome-wide SNP information, using genome-wide complex trait analysis (GCTA). Second, genetic associations within each study were assessed using a quasi-Poisson regression approach, capturing the highly right-skewed distribution of aggressive behavior. Third, we performed meta-analyses of genome-wide associations for both the total age-mixed sample and the two developmental stages. Finally, we performed a gene-based test using the summary statistics of the total sample. GCTA quantified variance tagged by common SNPs (10-54%). The meta-analysis of the total sample identified one region in chromosome 2 (2p12) at near genome-wide significance (top SNP rs11126630, P = 5.30 × 10(-8) ). The separate meta-analyses of the two developmental stages revealed suggestive evidence of association at the same locus. The gene-based analysis indicated association of variation within AVPR1A with aggressive behavior. We conclude that common variants at 2p12 show suggestive evidence for association with childhood aggression. Replication of these initial findings is needed, and further studies should clarify its biological meaning.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Aggression ; Childhood ; Genome-wide Complex Trait Analysis (gcta) ; Meta-analysis ; Population-based; Genetic Architecture; Conduct Disorder; Early-childhood; Dutch Twins; Association; Heritability; Adolescence; Stability; Adults; Tissue
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2016
Prepublished im Jahr
2015
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2015
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1552-4841
e-ISSN
0148-7299
Quellenangaben
Band: 171,
Heft: 5,
Seiten: 562-572
Verlag
Wiley
Verlagsort
Hoboken, NJ
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
POF Topic(s)
30503 - Chronic Diseases of the Lung and Allergies
30202 - Environmental Health
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e)
G-503900-001
G-504091-002
G-504091-002
PubMed ID
26087016
WOS ID
WOS:000382873900002
Scopus ID
84931088167
Erfassungsdatum
2015-06-20