Obesity and atypical depression symptoms: findings from Mendelian randomization in two European cohorts

Abstract Studies considering the causal role of body mass index (BMI) for the predisposition of major depressive disorder (MDD) based on a Mendelian Randomization (MR) approach have shown contradictory results. These inconsistent findings may be attributable to the heterogeneity of MDD; in fact, sev...

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Main Authors: Giorgio Pistis, Yuri Milaneschi, Caroline L. Vandeleur, Aurélie M. Lasserre, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Femke Lamers, Dorret I. Boomsma, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Jean-Michel Aubry, Martin Preisig, Zoltán Kutalik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01236-7