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Risk variants and polygenic architecture of disruptive behavior disorders in the context of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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Demontis, Ditte, Walters, Raymond K., Rajagopal, Veera M., Waldman, Irwin D., Grove, Jakob, Als, Thomas D., Dalsgaard, Søren, Ribasés, Marta +68 more·2021·Nature Communications

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a childhood psychiatric disorder often comorbid with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs). Here, we report a GWAS meta-analysis of ADHD comorbid with DBDs (ADHD + DBDs) including 3802 cases and 31,305 controls. We identify three genome-wide significant loci on chromosomes 1, 7, and 11. A meta-analysis including a Chinese cohort supports that the locus on chromosome 11 is a strong risk locus for ADHD + DBDs across European and Chinese ancestries (rs7118422, P = 3.15×10−10, OR = 1.17). We find a higher SNP heritability for ADHD + DBDs (h 2SNP = 0.34) when compared to ADHD without DBDs (h 2SNP = 0.20), high genetic correlations between ADHD + DBDs and aggressive (r g = 0.81) and anti-social behaviors (r g = 0.82), and an increased burden (polygenic score) of variants associated with ADHD and aggression in ADHD + DBDs compared to ADHD without DBDs. Our results suggest an increased load of common risk variants in ADHD + DBDs compared to ADHD without DBDs, which in part can be explained by variants associated with aggressive behavior.

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Demontis, D., Walters, R. K., Rajagopal, V. M., Waldman, I. D., Grove, J., Als, T. D., Dalsgaard, S., Ribasés, M., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Bækvad-Hansen, M., Werge, T., Nordentoft, M., Mors, O., Mortensen, P. B., ADHD Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC), Andreassen, O. A., Arranz, M. J., Banaschewski, T., Bau, C., Bellgrove, M., Biederman, J., Brikell, I., Buitelaar, J. K., Burton, C. L., Casas, M., Crosbie, J., Doyle, A. E., Ebstein, R. P., Elia, J., Elizabeth, C. C., Grevet, E., Grizenko, N., Havdahl, A., Hawi, Z., Hebebrand, J., Hervas, A., Hohmann, S., Haavik, J., Joober, R., Kent, L., Kuntsi, J., Langley, K., Larsson, H., Lesch, K.-P., Leung, P. W. L., Liao, C., Loo, S. K., Martin, J., Martin, N. G., Medland, S. E., Miranda, A., Mota, N. R., Oades, R. D., Ramos-Quiroga, J. A., Reif, A., Rietschel, M., Roeyers, H., Rohde, L. A., Rothenberger, A., Rovira, P., Sánchez-Mora, C., Schachar, R. J., Sengupta, S., Artigas, M. S., Steinhausen, H.-C., Thapar, A., Witt, S. H., Yang, L., Zayats, T., Zhang-James, Y., Cormand, B., Hougaard, D. M., Neale, B. M., Franke, B., Faraone, S. V., & Børglum, A. D.
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  • Broad Institute (US)
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Corresponding author
  • Demontis, Ditte
  • Faraone, Stephen V.
  • Børglum, Anders D.
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Nature Communications
Published
2021-01-25
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12
Issue
1
Pages
1166-1166
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2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
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W3122992840
Cited by
50
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93
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2026: 6 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 3
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  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (667302, 728018, 602805)
  • University of St Andrews
  • European Commission (2014‐2020, H2020 Program, EU-FP7, 728018, H2020/2014-2020, 667302, 092330/31, 602805)
  • Generalitat de Catalunya (SLT006/17/287, 2017-SGR, PERIS SLT006, 2017/SGR738, 2017SGR1461)
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  • Novo Nordisk
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  • Helsefonden (19-8-0260)
  • TrygFonden
  • European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Novo Nordisk Fonden
  • H. Lundbeck A/S (R102-A9118, R155-2014-1724, R248-2017-2003)
  • National Institutes of Health (2014-2020)
  • Genentech
  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (H2020/2014–2020, 667302, 728018, R155-2014-1724, R248-2017-2003)
  • Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
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  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI16/, PI15/01789, 00023, PI17/00289, SLT006/17/287, PI16/01505, 728018, CP09/00119, CPII15/00023)
  • European Regional Development Fund (2014-2020’, 667302, SLT006/17/287, RTI2018, 728018)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (U01MH109539, U01MH109514)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01ES026993)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, disruptive behavior disorders, comorbidities, genetic risk variants, polygenic architecture, polygenic risk score, aggression, antisocial behavior, SNP heritability, genetic correlation, Chinese cohort
MeSH terms
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, China, Europe, Female, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Cohort Studies, Comorbidity, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Multifactorial Inheritance, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome-Wide Association Study

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