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Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses.
Nat. Genet. 48, 624-633 (2016)
Very few genetic variants have been associated with depression and neuroticism, likely because of limitations on sample size in previous studies. Subjective well-being, a phenotype that is genetically correlated with both of these traits, has not yet been studied with genome-wide data. We conducted genome-wide association studies of three phenotypes: subjective well-being (n = 298,420), depressive symptoms (n = 161,460), and neuroticism (n = 170,911). We identify 3 variants associated with subjective well-being, 2 variants associated with depressive symptoms, and 11 variants associated with neuroticism, including 2 inversion polymorphisms. The two loci associated with depressive symptoms replicate in an independent depression sample. Joint analyses that exploit the high genetic correlations between the phenotypes (|ρ^| ≈ 0.8) strengthen the overall credibility of the findings and allow us to identify additional variants. Across our phenotypes, loci regulating expression in central nervous system and adrenal or pancreas tissues are strongly enriched for association.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Major Depression; Common Variants; Human Height; Risk; Heritability; Metaanalysis; Personality; Happiness; Resource; Disease
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1061-4036
e-ISSN
1546-1718
Zeitschrift
Nature Genetics
Quellenangaben
Band: 48,
Heft: 6,
Seiten: 624-633
Verlag
Nature Publishing Group
Verlagsort
New York, NY
Nichtpatentliteratur
Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI2)