Genome-wide association analysis of insomnia complaints identifies risk genes and genetic overlap with psychiatric and metabolic traits
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Author(s):
Anke R Hammerschlag, Sven Stringer, Christiaan A de Leeuw, Suzanne Sniekers, Erdogan Taskesen, Kyoko Watanabe, Tessa F Blanken, Kim Dekker, Bart H W te Lindert, Rick Wassing, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Hreinn Stefansson, Thorarinn Gislason, Klaus Berger, Barbara Schormair, Juergen Wellmann, Juliane Winkelmann, Kari Stefansson, Konrad Oexle, Eus J W Van Someren, Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma and colleagues report a genome-wide association analysis for insomnia complaints in 113,006 individuals from the UK Biobank that identifies associations with variants near seven genes. They find evidence for sex-specific genetic architectures underlying genetic risk for insomnia and genetic correlations between insomnia complaints and psychiatric and metabolic traits.
The main goal of our study is to quantify and understand the role of genetic variants, the environment (including lifestyle), and their interaction on outcomes…
