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Sex differences in the pleiotropy of hearing difficulty with imaging-derived phenotypes: a brain-wide investigation
He J, Cabrera-Mendoza B, De Angelis F, Pathak G, Koller D, Curhan S, Curhan G, Mecca A, van Dyck C, Polimanti R. Sex differences in the pleiotropy of hearing difficulty with imaging-derived phenotypes: a brain-wide investigation. Brain 2024, 147: 3395-3408. PMID: 38454550, PMCID: PMC11449129, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImaging-derived phenotypesHearing difficultiesBrain imaging-derived phenotypesSex-combined analysisLatent causal variable analysesMendelian randomization approachGeneralized linear regression analysisLocal genetic correlation analysisMultivariate generalized linear regression analysisGenome-wide association studiesLatent causal variableGenetic correlation analysisGenetic correlationsLocal genetic correlationMendelian randomizationPeripheral auditory systemOlder adultsGWAS dataLinear regression analysisHealth burdenGenomic regionsAssociation studiesPleiotropic regionsSex differencesTranscriptome regulation
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Estimating the direct effects of the genetic liabilities to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and behavioral traits on suicide attempt using a multivariable Mendelian randomization approach
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Aydin N, Fries G, Docherty A, Walss-Bass C, Polimanti R. Estimating the direct effects of the genetic liabilities to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and behavioral traits on suicide attempt using a multivariable Mendelian randomization approach. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 49: 1383-1391. PMID: 38396255, PMCID: PMC11250798, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01833-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with higher oddsPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumSubstance use disordersSocioeconomic factorsMendelian randomizationBipolar disorderGenetic liabilitySuicide attemptsHigher oddsTwo-sample Mendelian randomizationGenetic liability to bipolar disorderEffects of mental distressUK Biobank (UKBLiability to bipolar disorderMultivariable MR approachMendelian randomization approachComprehensive mental health assessmentGenome-wide association dataRisk of psychiatric disordersMental health assessmentBehavioral traitsAssociated with lonelinessHigh-risk individualsMental distressContext of SA