Title |
A Genome-Wide Association Study of Depressive Symptoms
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Published in |
Biological Psychiatry, January 2013
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DOI | 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.09.033 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Karin Hek, Ayse Demirkan, Jari Lahti, Antonio Terracciano, Alexander Teumer, Marilyn C. Cornelis, Najaf Amin, Erin Bakshis, Jens Baumert, Jingzhong Ding, Yongmei Liu, Kristin Marciante, Osorio Meirelles, Michael A. Nalls, Yan V. Sun, Nicole Vogelzangs, Lei Yu, Stefania Bandinelli, Emelia J. Benjamin, David A. Bennett, Dorret Boomsma, Alessandra Cannas, Laura H. Coker, Eco de Geus, Philip L. De Jager, Ana V. Diez-Roux, Shaun Purcell, Frank B. Hu, Eric B. Rimm, David J. Hunter, Majken K. Jensen, Gary Curhan, Kenneth Rice, Alan D. Penman, Jerome I. Rotter, Nona Sotoodehnia, Rebecca Emeny, Johan G. Eriksson, Denis A. Evans, Luigi Ferrucci, Myriam Fornage, Vilmundur Gudnason, Albert Hofman, Thomas Illig, Sharon Kardia, Margaret Kelly-Hayes, Karestan Koenen, Peter Kraft, Maris Kuningas, Joseph M. Massaro, David Melzer, Antonella Mulas, Cornelis L. Mulder, Anna Murray, Ben A. Oostra, Aarno Palotie, Brenda Penninx, Astrid Petersmann, Luke C. Pilling, Bruce Psaty, Rajesh Rawal, Eric M. Reiman, Andrea Schulz, Joshua M. Shulman, Andrew B. Singleton, Albert V. Smith, Angelina R. Sutin, André G. Uitterlinden, Henry Völzke, Elisabeth Widen, Kristine Yaffe, Alan B. Zonderman, Francesco Cucca, Tamara Harris, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, David J. Llewellyn, Katri Räikkönen, Toshiko Tanaka, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Hans J. Grabe, Lenore J. Launer, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Thomas H. Mosley, Anne B. Newman, Henning Tiemeier, Joanne Murabito |
Abstract |
Depression is a heritable trait that exists on a continuum of varying severity and duration. Yet, the search for genetic variants associated with depression has had few successes. We exploit the entire continuum of depression to find common variants for depressive symptoms. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 8 | 14% |
United Kingdom | 8 | 14% |
Spain | 7 | 13% |
Egypt | 2 | 4% |
Montenegro | 1 | 2% |
Tunisia | 1 | 2% |
Réunion | 1 | 2% |
France | 1 | 2% |
Brazil | 1 | 2% |
Other | 3 | 5% |
Unknown | 23 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 39 | 70% |
Scientists | 10 | 18% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 7% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
United States | 2 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Finland | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Japan | 1 | <1% |
Russia | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 271 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 41 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 33 | 12% |
Student > Master | 31 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 6% |
Other | 71 | 25% |
Unknown | 51 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 47 | 17% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 16% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 34 | 12% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 8% |
Social Sciences | 10 | 4% |
Other | 50 | 18% |
Unknown | 73 | 26% |