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Duodecim; lääketieteellinen aikakauskirja, 2001
Twin Research and Human Genetics
Parents’ alcohol use is associated with alcohol use of their adolescent offspring, but does this ... more Parents’ alcohol use is associated with alcohol use of their adolescent offspring, but does this association extend to the adulthood of the offspring? We examined associations of paternal and maternal problem drinking with lifetime problem drinking of their adult offspring prospectively assessed in a population-based Finnish twin-family cohort (FinnTwin16). Problem drinking (Malmö-modified Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test) was self-reported separately by mothers and fathers when their children were 16. The children reported on an extended lifetime version of the same measure during their mid-twenties (21-28 years) and mid-thirties (31-37 years). 1235 sons and 1461 daughters in mid-twenties and 991 sons and 1278 daughters in mid-thirties had complete data. Correlations between fathers’ and their adult children’s problem drinking ranged from .12 to .18. For mothers and their adult children, these correlations ranged from .09 to .14. In multivariate models, adjustment for potential c...
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Purpose of review Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and... more Purpose of review Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other eating disorders) affect young people worldwide. This narrative review summarizes key studies conducted on the prevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) eating disorders among young people in 2013-22. Recent findings In Western settings, a substantial proportion of young people have reported an eating disorder. Overall, 5.5--17.9% of young women and 0.6–2.4% of young men have experienced a DSM-5 eating disorder by early adulthood. Lifetime DSM-5 anorexia nervosa was reported by 0.8–6.3% of women and 0.1–0.3% of men, bulimia nervosa by 0.8–2.6% of women and 0.1–0.2% of men, binge eating disorder by 0.6–6.1% of women and 0.3–0.7% of men, other specified feeding or eating disorders by 0.6–11.5% of women and 0.2–0.3% of men, and unspecified feeding or eating disorders 0.2–4.7% of women and 0–1.6% of men. Gender and sexual minorities were at particular...
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2022
Primer articles Nature Reviews publishes timely, authoritative articles that are of broad interes... more Primer articles Nature Reviews publishes timely, authoritative articles that are of broad interest and exceptional quality. Thank you for taking the time to help us to ensure that our articles meet these high standards. Primer articles in Nature Reviews provide an overview of a disease or disorder. Primers are intended to provide an authoritative, global perspective for the benefit of biomedical scientists, putting current clinical and translational challenges into context. These overview articles are meant to be introductory and cover all aspects from epidemiology to disease mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment. Please submit your report in narrative form and provide detailed justifications for all statements. Confidential comments to the editor are welcome, but it is helpful if the main points are stated in the comments for transmission to the authors. Please note that all Primer articles follow the same set organization of the main headings. Additionally, Nature Reviews articles will be thoroughly edited before publication and all figures will be redrawn by our in-house art editors. We therefore request that you concentrate on the scientific content of the article and display items, rather than the 'order' of the content or any minor errors in language or grammar that might be present in the draft version.
Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 2021
Purpose The association of bulimic symptoms with sensation seeking is uncertain; however, both be... more Purpose The association of bulimic symptoms with sensation seeking is uncertain; however, both behaviors have been linked to alcohol problems. We assessed in a longitudinal, community-based setting whether sensation seeking in adolescence is associated with bulimic symptoms in early adulthood, also accounting for alcohol problems. Methods Finnish men (N = 2000) and women (N = 2467) born between 1974–1979 completed Zuckerman’s sensation seeking scale (SSS) at age 18. Alcohol problems (Malmö-modified Michigan alcoholism screening test (Mm-MAST) and bulimic symptoms [eating disorder inventory-2, bulimia subscale (EDI-Bulimia), population and clinical scoring systems] were defined at age 22–27. We examined relationships between SSS, Mm-MAST, and EDI-Bulimia using Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) and linear regression. Results Alcohol problems were moderately correlated with sensation seeking and bulimic symptoms (population scoring) among women and men (r = 0.21–0.31). The correlat...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2021
Background Many genes and molecular pathways are associated with obesity, but the mechanisms from... more Background Many genes and molecular pathways are associated with obesity, but the mechanisms from genes to obesity are less well known. Eating behaviors represent a plausible pathway, but because the relationships of eating behaviors and obesity may be bi-directional, it remains challenging to resolve the underlying pathways. A longitudinal approach is needed to assess the contribution of genetic risk during the development of obesity in childhood. In this study we aim to examine the relationships between the polygenic risk score for body mass index (PRS-BMI), parental concern of overeating and obesity indices during childhood. Methods The IDEFICS/I.Family study is a school-based multicenter pan-European cohort of children observed for 6 years (mean ± SD follow-up 5.8 ± 0.4). Children examined in 2007/2008 (wave 1) (mean ± SD age: 4.4 ± 1.1, range: 2–9 years), in 2009/2010 (wave 2) and in 2013/2014 (wave 3) were included. A total of 5112 children (49% girls) participated at waves 1,...
European Eating Disorders Review, 2021
ObjectiveWe assessed the detection, treatment and outcomes of DSM‐5 eating disorders in a nationw... more ObjectiveWe assessed the detection, treatment and outcomes of DSM‐5 eating disorders in a nationwide community setting.MethodThe FinnTwin12 cohort comprises twins born in 1983–1987 in Finland (n = 5,600), with follow‐up starting at age 12. We outline treatment and outcomes of the 127 females and 15 males diagnosed with a lifetime DSM‐5 eating disorder in interviews conducted for a subsample (n = 1,347) in their early 20s.ResultsOnly 45 (32%) of those diagnosed with eating disorder in the interviews had their condition detected in healthcare, and even fewer received treatment (30% of females, 13% of males). Anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa, and atypical AN were detected and treated more often than other eating disorders. Five years after disease onset, 41% of those diagnosed had recovered. There were no statistically significant differences in the course of different eating disorders (log‐rank p = 0.66) but the outcome was more favourable among males (log‐rank p = 0.008). The l...
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 2021
Abstract Background Genetics and biology may influence the age at onset of anorexia nervosa (AN).... more Abstract Background Genetics and biology may influence the age at onset of anorexia nervosa (AN). The aims of this study were to determine whether common genetic variation contributes to AN age at onset and to investigate the genetic associations between age at onset of AN and age at menarche. Methods A secondary analysis of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium genome-wide association study (GWAS) of AN was performed which included 9,335 cases and 31,981 screened controls, all from European ancestries. We conducted GWASs of age at onset, early-onset AN ( Results Two loci were genome-wide significant in the typical-onset AN GWAS. Heritability estimates (SNP-h2) were 0.01-0.04 for age at onset, 0.16-0.25 for early-onset AN, and 0.17-0.25 for typical-onset AN. Early- and typical-onset AN showed distinct genetic correlation patterns with putative risk factors for AN. Specifically, early-onset AN was significantly genetically correlated with younger age at menarche, and typical-onset AN was significantly negatively genetically correlated with anthropometric traits. Genetic risk scores for age at onset and early-onset AN estimated from independent GWASs significantly predicted age at onset. Mendelian randomization analysis suggested a causal link between younger age at menarche and early-onset AN. Conclusions Our results provide evidence consistent with a common variant genetic basis for age at onset and implicate biological pathways regulating menarche and reproduction.
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2019
on behalf of the I.Family Consortium, A within-sibling pair analysis of lifestyle behaviours and ... more on behalf of the I.Family Consortium, A within-sibling pair analysis of lifestyle behaviours and BMI z-score in the multi-centre I.Family study, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases,
Molecular Neurobiology, 2018
In MRI scans of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), reductions in brain volume are often apparen... more In MRI scans of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), reductions in brain volume are often apparent. However, it is unknown whether such brain abnormalities are influenced by genetic determinants that partially overlap with those underlying AN. Here, we used a battery of methods (LD score regression, genetic risk scores, sign test, SNP effect concordance analysis, and Mendelian randomization) to investigate the genetic covariation between subcortical brain volumes and risk for AN based on summary measures retrieved from genome-wide association studies of regional brain volumes (ENIGMA consortium, n = 13,170) and genetic risk for AN (PGC-ED consortium,n = 14,477).Geneticcorrelations rangedfrom − 0.10to0.23(allp > 0.05).There were some signs of aninverse concordance between greater thalamus volume and risk for AN (permuted p = 0.009, 95% CI: [0.005, 0.017]). A genetic variant in the vicinity of ZW10, a gene involved in cell division, and neurotransmitter and immune system relevant genes, in particular DRD2, was significantly associated with AN only after conditioning on its association with caudate volume (p FDR = 0.025). Another genetic variant linked to LRRC4C, important in axonal and synaptic development, reached significance after conditioning on hippocampal volume (p FDR = 0.021). In this comprehensive set of analyses and based on the largest available sample sizes to date, there was weak evidence for associations between risk for AN and risk for abnormal subcortical brain volumes at a global level (that is, common variant genetic architecture), but suggestive evidence for effects of single genetic markers. Highly powered multimodal brain-and disorder-related genome-wide studies are needed to further dissect the shared genetic influences on brain structure and risk for AN.
Public health, Jan 9, 2018
The objective of this study was to evaluate disordered eating behaviours (DEBs) in different age ... more The objective of this study was to evaluate disordered eating behaviours (DEBs) in different age groups in a Cypriot non-clinical population sample. Comparative cross-sectional study. A total of 1716 participants from the Cyprus component of the I.Family study completed the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26). The EAT-26 score ≥20 was used to define participants at risk for DEBs. Participants were divided according to age: adolescence (12-18 years old), young adulthood (25-45 years old) and middle adulthood (46-60 years old). Mean EAT-26 total scores were higher for middle adulthood men and women compared with the two younger age groups. Young adulthood women had the highest percentage of behavioural symptoms of DEBs: binge eating (35%) and laxatives/diet pills/diuretics (12%) compared with the other age groups. Men and women in young adulthood had the highest percentage of participants with EAT-26 scores ≥20. In logistic regression analysis, age group did not prove a significant pred...
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2017
ObjectiveThe risk of certain psychiatric disorders is elevated among immigrants. To date, no popu... more ObjectiveThe risk of certain psychiatric disorders is elevated among immigrants. To date, no population studies on immigrant health have addressed eating disorders. We examined whether risk of eating disorders in first‐ and second‐generation immigrants differs from native‐born Danes and Swedes.MethodAll individuals born 1984–2002 (Danish cohort) and 1989–1999 (Swedish cohort) and residing in the respective country on their 10th birthday were included. They were followed up for the development of eating disorders based on out‐patient and in‐patient data.ResultsThe risks of all eating disorder types were lower among first‐generation immigrants compared to the native populations: Incidence‐rate ratio (95% confidence interval) was 0.39 (0.29, 0.51) for anorexia nervosa, 0.60 (0.42, 0.83) for bulimia nervosa, and 0.62 (0.47, 0.79) for other eating disorders in Denmark and 0.27 (0.21, 0.34) for anorexia nervosa, 0.30 (0.18, 0.51) for bulimia nervosa, and 0.39 (0.32, 0.47) for other eating...
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious eating disorder characterized by restriction of energy intake ... more Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious eating disorder characterized by restriction of energy intake relative to requirements, resulting in abnormally low body weight. It has a lifetime prevalence of approximately 1%, disproportionately affects females1,2, and has no well replicated evidence of effective pharmacological or psychological treatments despite high morbidity and mortality2. Twin studies support a genetic basis for the observed aggregation of AN in families3, with heritability estimates of 48%-74%4. Although initial genome-wide association studies (GWASs) were underpowered5,6, evidence suggested that signals for AN would be detected with increased power5. We present a GWAS of 3,495 AN cases and 10,982 controls with one genome-wide significant locus (index variant rs4622308, p=4.3x10−9) in a region (chr12:56,372,585-56,482,185) which includes six genes. The SNP-chip heritabilityof AN from these data is 0.20 (SE=0.02), suggesting that a substantial fraction of the twin-based he...
The American journal of psychiatry, Sep 12, 2017
The authors conducted a genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa and calculated genetic ... more The authors conducted a genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa and calculated genetic correlations with a series of psychiatric, educational, and metabolic phenotypes. Following uniform quality control and imputation procedures using the 1000 Genomes Project (phase 3) in 12 case-control cohorts comprising 3,495 anorexia nervosa cases and 10,982 controls, the authors performed standard association analysis followed by a meta-analysis across cohorts. Linkage disequilibrium score regression was used to calculate genome-wide common variant heritability (single-nucleotide polymorphism [SNP]-based heritability [h(2)SNP]), partitioned heritability, and genetic correlations (rg) between anorexia nervosa and 159 other phenotypes. Results were obtained for 10,641,224 SNPs and insertion-deletion variants with minor allele frequencies >1% and imputation quality scores >0.6. The h(2)SNP of anorexia nervosa was 0.20 (SE=0.02), suggesting that a substantial fraction of the twin-ba...
Molecular Psychiatry, 2016
The maintenance of normal body weight is disrupted in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) for pro... more The maintenance of normal body weight is disrupted in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) for prolonged periods of time. Prior to the onset of AN, premorbid body mass index (BMI) spans the entire range from underweight to obese. After recovery, patients have reduced rates of overweight and obesity. As such, loci involved in body weight regulation may also be relevant for AN and vice versa. Our primary analysis comprised a cross-trait analysis of the 1000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with the lowest p-values in a genome-wide association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of AN (GCAN) for evidence of association in the largest published GWAMA for BMI (GIANT). Subsequently we performed sex-stratified analyses for these 1000 SNPs. Functional ex vivo studies on four genes ensued. Lastly, a look-up of GWAMA-derived BMI related loci was performed in the AN GWAMA. We detected significant associations (p-values < 5×10 −5 , Bonferroni corrected p < 0.05) for 9 SNP alleles at 3 independent loci. Interestingly, all AN susceptibility alleles were consistently associated with increased BMI. None of the genes (chr. 10: CTBP2, chr. 19: CCNE1, chr. 2: CARF and NBEAL1; the latter is a region with high linkage disequilibrium) nearest to these SNPs has previously been associated with AN or obesity. Sexstratified analyses revealed that the strongest BMI signal originated predominantly from females (chr. 10 rs1561589; p overall : 2.47 × 10 −06 /p females : 3.45 × 10 −07 /p males : 0.043). Functional ex vivo studies in mice revealed reduced hypothalamic expression of Ctbp2 and Nbeal1 after fasting. Hypothalamic expression of Ctbp2 was increased in diet induced obese (DIO) mice as compared to age-matched lean controls. We observed no evidence for associations for the look-up of BMI related loci in the AN GWAMA. A cross-trait analysis of AN and BMI loci revealed variants at three chromosomal loci with potential joint impact. The chromosome 10 locus is particularly promising given that the association with obesity was primarily driven by females. In addition, the detected altered hypothalamic expression patterns of Ctbp2 and Nbeal1 as a result of fasting and DIO implicate these genes in weight regulation. Hinney et al.
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Duodecim; lääketieteellinen aikakauskirja, 2001
Twin Research and Human Genetics
Parents’ alcohol use is associated with alcohol use of their adolescent offspring, but does this ... more Parents’ alcohol use is associated with alcohol use of their adolescent offspring, but does this association extend to the adulthood of the offspring? We examined associations of paternal and maternal problem drinking with lifetime problem drinking of their adult offspring prospectively assessed in a population-based Finnish twin-family cohort (FinnTwin16). Problem drinking (Malmö-modified Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test) was self-reported separately by mothers and fathers when their children were 16. The children reported on an extended lifetime version of the same measure during their mid-twenties (21-28 years) and mid-thirties (31-37 years). 1235 sons and 1461 daughters in mid-twenties and 991 sons and 1278 daughters in mid-thirties had complete data. Correlations between fathers’ and their adult children’s problem drinking ranged from .12 to .18. For mothers and their adult children, these correlations ranged from .09 to .14. In multivariate models, adjustment for potential c...
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Purpose of review Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and... more Purpose of review Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other eating disorders) affect young people worldwide. This narrative review summarizes key studies conducted on the prevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) eating disorders among young people in 2013-22. Recent findings In Western settings, a substantial proportion of young people have reported an eating disorder. Overall, 5.5--17.9% of young women and 0.6–2.4% of young men have experienced a DSM-5 eating disorder by early adulthood. Lifetime DSM-5 anorexia nervosa was reported by 0.8–6.3% of women and 0.1–0.3% of men, bulimia nervosa by 0.8–2.6% of women and 0.1–0.2% of men, binge eating disorder by 0.6–6.1% of women and 0.3–0.7% of men, other specified feeding or eating disorders by 0.6–11.5% of women and 0.2–0.3% of men, and unspecified feeding or eating disorders 0.2–4.7% of women and 0–1.6% of men. Gender and sexual minorities were at particular...
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2022
Primer articles Nature Reviews publishes timely, authoritative articles that are of broad interes... more Primer articles Nature Reviews publishes timely, authoritative articles that are of broad interest and exceptional quality. Thank you for taking the time to help us to ensure that our articles meet these high standards. Primer articles in Nature Reviews provide an overview of a disease or disorder. Primers are intended to provide an authoritative, global perspective for the benefit of biomedical scientists, putting current clinical and translational challenges into context. These overview articles are meant to be introductory and cover all aspects from epidemiology to disease mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment. Please submit your report in narrative form and provide detailed justifications for all statements. Confidential comments to the editor are welcome, but it is helpful if the main points are stated in the comments for transmission to the authors. Please note that all Primer articles follow the same set organization of the main headings. Additionally, Nature Reviews articles will be thoroughly edited before publication and all figures will be redrawn by our in-house art editors. We therefore request that you concentrate on the scientific content of the article and display items, rather than the 'order' of the content or any minor errors in language or grammar that might be present in the draft version.
Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 2021
Purpose The association of bulimic symptoms with sensation seeking is uncertain; however, both be... more Purpose The association of bulimic symptoms with sensation seeking is uncertain; however, both behaviors have been linked to alcohol problems. We assessed in a longitudinal, community-based setting whether sensation seeking in adolescence is associated with bulimic symptoms in early adulthood, also accounting for alcohol problems. Methods Finnish men (N = 2000) and women (N = 2467) born between 1974–1979 completed Zuckerman’s sensation seeking scale (SSS) at age 18. Alcohol problems (Malmö-modified Michigan alcoholism screening test (Mm-MAST) and bulimic symptoms [eating disorder inventory-2, bulimia subscale (EDI-Bulimia), population and clinical scoring systems] were defined at age 22–27. We examined relationships between SSS, Mm-MAST, and EDI-Bulimia using Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) and linear regression. Results Alcohol problems were moderately correlated with sensation seeking and bulimic symptoms (population scoring) among women and men (r = 0.21–0.31). The correlat...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2021
Background Many genes and molecular pathways are associated with obesity, but the mechanisms from... more Background Many genes and molecular pathways are associated with obesity, but the mechanisms from genes to obesity are less well known. Eating behaviors represent a plausible pathway, but because the relationships of eating behaviors and obesity may be bi-directional, it remains challenging to resolve the underlying pathways. A longitudinal approach is needed to assess the contribution of genetic risk during the development of obesity in childhood. In this study we aim to examine the relationships between the polygenic risk score for body mass index (PRS-BMI), parental concern of overeating and obesity indices during childhood. Methods The IDEFICS/I.Family study is a school-based multicenter pan-European cohort of children observed for 6 years (mean ± SD follow-up 5.8 ± 0.4). Children examined in 2007/2008 (wave 1) (mean ± SD age: 4.4 ± 1.1, range: 2–9 years), in 2009/2010 (wave 2) and in 2013/2014 (wave 3) were included. A total of 5112 children (49% girls) participated at waves 1,...
European Eating Disorders Review, 2021
ObjectiveWe assessed the detection, treatment and outcomes of DSM‐5 eating disorders in a nationw... more ObjectiveWe assessed the detection, treatment and outcomes of DSM‐5 eating disorders in a nationwide community setting.MethodThe FinnTwin12 cohort comprises twins born in 1983–1987 in Finland (n = 5,600), with follow‐up starting at age 12. We outline treatment and outcomes of the 127 females and 15 males diagnosed with a lifetime DSM‐5 eating disorder in interviews conducted for a subsample (n = 1,347) in their early 20s.ResultsOnly 45 (32%) of those diagnosed with eating disorder in the interviews had their condition detected in healthcare, and even fewer received treatment (30% of females, 13% of males). Anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa, and atypical AN were detected and treated more often than other eating disorders. Five years after disease onset, 41% of those diagnosed had recovered. There were no statistically significant differences in the course of different eating disorders (log‐rank p = 0.66) but the outcome was more favourable among males (log‐rank p = 0.008). The l...
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 2021
Abstract Background Genetics and biology may influence the age at onset of anorexia nervosa (AN).... more Abstract Background Genetics and biology may influence the age at onset of anorexia nervosa (AN). The aims of this study were to determine whether common genetic variation contributes to AN age at onset and to investigate the genetic associations between age at onset of AN and age at menarche. Methods A secondary analysis of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium genome-wide association study (GWAS) of AN was performed which included 9,335 cases and 31,981 screened controls, all from European ancestries. We conducted GWASs of age at onset, early-onset AN ( Results Two loci were genome-wide significant in the typical-onset AN GWAS. Heritability estimates (SNP-h2) were 0.01-0.04 for age at onset, 0.16-0.25 for early-onset AN, and 0.17-0.25 for typical-onset AN. Early- and typical-onset AN showed distinct genetic correlation patterns with putative risk factors for AN. Specifically, early-onset AN was significantly genetically correlated with younger age at menarche, and typical-onset AN was significantly negatively genetically correlated with anthropometric traits. Genetic risk scores for age at onset and early-onset AN estimated from independent GWASs significantly predicted age at onset. Mendelian randomization analysis suggested a causal link between younger age at menarche and early-onset AN. Conclusions Our results provide evidence consistent with a common variant genetic basis for age at onset and implicate biological pathways regulating menarche and reproduction.
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2019
on behalf of the I.Family Consortium, A within-sibling pair analysis of lifestyle behaviours and ... more on behalf of the I.Family Consortium, A within-sibling pair analysis of lifestyle behaviours and BMI z-score in the multi-centre I.Family study, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases,
Molecular Neurobiology, 2018
In MRI scans of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), reductions in brain volume are often apparen... more In MRI scans of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), reductions in brain volume are often apparent. However, it is unknown whether such brain abnormalities are influenced by genetic determinants that partially overlap with those underlying AN. Here, we used a battery of methods (LD score regression, genetic risk scores, sign test, SNP effect concordance analysis, and Mendelian randomization) to investigate the genetic covariation between subcortical brain volumes and risk for AN based on summary measures retrieved from genome-wide association studies of regional brain volumes (ENIGMA consortium, n = 13,170) and genetic risk for AN (PGC-ED consortium,n = 14,477).Geneticcorrelations rangedfrom − 0.10to0.23(allp > 0.05).There were some signs of aninverse concordance between greater thalamus volume and risk for AN (permuted p = 0.009, 95% CI: [0.005, 0.017]). A genetic variant in the vicinity of ZW10, a gene involved in cell division, and neurotransmitter and immune system relevant genes, in particular DRD2, was significantly associated with AN only after conditioning on its association with caudate volume (p FDR = 0.025). Another genetic variant linked to LRRC4C, important in axonal and synaptic development, reached significance after conditioning on hippocampal volume (p FDR = 0.021). In this comprehensive set of analyses and based on the largest available sample sizes to date, there was weak evidence for associations between risk for AN and risk for abnormal subcortical brain volumes at a global level (that is, common variant genetic architecture), but suggestive evidence for effects of single genetic markers. Highly powered multimodal brain-and disorder-related genome-wide studies are needed to further dissect the shared genetic influences on brain structure and risk for AN.
Public health, Jan 9, 2018
The objective of this study was to evaluate disordered eating behaviours (DEBs) in different age ... more The objective of this study was to evaluate disordered eating behaviours (DEBs) in different age groups in a Cypriot non-clinical population sample. Comparative cross-sectional study. A total of 1716 participants from the Cyprus component of the I.Family study completed the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26). The EAT-26 score ≥20 was used to define participants at risk for DEBs. Participants were divided according to age: adolescence (12-18 years old), young adulthood (25-45 years old) and middle adulthood (46-60 years old). Mean EAT-26 total scores were higher for middle adulthood men and women compared with the two younger age groups. Young adulthood women had the highest percentage of behavioural symptoms of DEBs: binge eating (35%) and laxatives/diet pills/diuretics (12%) compared with the other age groups. Men and women in young adulthood had the highest percentage of participants with EAT-26 scores ≥20. In logistic regression analysis, age group did not prove a significant pred...
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2017
ObjectiveThe risk of certain psychiatric disorders is elevated among immigrants. To date, no popu... more ObjectiveThe risk of certain psychiatric disorders is elevated among immigrants. To date, no population studies on immigrant health have addressed eating disorders. We examined whether risk of eating disorders in first‐ and second‐generation immigrants differs from native‐born Danes and Swedes.MethodAll individuals born 1984–2002 (Danish cohort) and 1989–1999 (Swedish cohort) and residing in the respective country on their 10th birthday were included. They were followed up for the development of eating disorders based on out‐patient and in‐patient data.ResultsThe risks of all eating disorder types were lower among first‐generation immigrants compared to the native populations: Incidence‐rate ratio (95% confidence interval) was 0.39 (0.29, 0.51) for anorexia nervosa, 0.60 (0.42, 0.83) for bulimia nervosa, and 0.62 (0.47, 0.79) for other eating disorders in Denmark and 0.27 (0.21, 0.34) for anorexia nervosa, 0.30 (0.18, 0.51) for bulimia nervosa, and 0.39 (0.32, 0.47) for other eating...
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious eating disorder characterized by restriction of energy intake ... more Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious eating disorder characterized by restriction of energy intake relative to requirements, resulting in abnormally low body weight. It has a lifetime prevalence of approximately 1%, disproportionately affects females1,2, and has no well replicated evidence of effective pharmacological or psychological treatments despite high morbidity and mortality2. Twin studies support a genetic basis for the observed aggregation of AN in families3, with heritability estimates of 48%-74%4. Although initial genome-wide association studies (GWASs) were underpowered5,6, evidence suggested that signals for AN would be detected with increased power5. We present a GWAS of 3,495 AN cases and 10,982 controls with one genome-wide significant locus (index variant rs4622308, p=4.3x10−9) in a region (chr12:56,372,585-56,482,185) which includes six genes. The SNP-chip heritabilityof AN from these data is 0.20 (SE=0.02), suggesting that a substantial fraction of the twin-based he...
The American journal of psychiatry, Sep 12, 2017
The authors conducted a genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa and calculated genetic ... more The authors conducted a genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa and calculated genetic correlations with a series of psychiatric, educational, and metabolic phenotypes. Following uniform quality control and imputation procedures using the 1000 Genomes Project (phase 3) in 12 case-control cohorts comprising 3,495 anorexia nervosa cases and 10,982 controls, the authors performed standard association analysis followed by a meta-analysis across cohorts. Linkage disequilibrium score regression was used to calculate genome-wide common variant heritability (single-nucleotide polymorphism [SNP]-based heritability [h(2)SNP]), partitioned heritability, and genetic correlations (rg) between anorexia nervosa and 159 other phenotypes. Results were obtained for 10,641,224 SNPs and insertion-deletion variants with minor allele frequencies >1% and imputation quality scores >0.6. The h(2)SNP of anorexia nervosa was 0.20 (SE=0.02), suggesting that a substantial fraction of the twin-ba...
Molecular Psychiatry, 2016
The maintenance of normal body weight is disrupted in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) for pro... more The maintenance of normal body weight is disrupted in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) for prolonged periods of time. Prior to the onset of AN, premorbid body mass index (BMI) spans the entire range from underweight to obese. After recovery, patients have reduced rates of overweight and obesity. As such, loci involved in body weight regulation may also be relevant for AN and vice versa. Our primary analysis comprised a cross-trait analysis of the 1000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with the lowest p-values in a genome-wide association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of AN (GCAN) for evidence of association in the largest published GWAMA for BMI (GIANT). Subsequently we performed sex-stratified analyses for these 1000 SNPs. Functional ex vivo studies on four genes ensued. Lastly, a look-up of GWAMA-derived BMI related loci was performed in the AN GWAMA. We detected significant associations (p-values < 5×10 −5 , Bonferroni corrected p < 0.05) for 9 SNP alleles at 3 independent loci. Interestingly, all AN susceptibility alleles were consistently associated with increased BMI. None of the genes (chr. 10: CTBP2, chr. 19: CCNE1, chr. 2: CARF and NBEAL1; the latter is a region with high linkage disequilibrium) nearest to these SNPs has previously been associated with AN or obesity. Sexstratified analyses revealed that the strongest BMI signal originated predominantly from females (chr. 10 rs1561589; p overall : 2.47 × 10 −06 /p females : 3.45 × 10 −07 /p males : 0.043). Functional ex vivo studies in mice revealed reduced hypothalamic expression of Ctbp2 and Nbeal1 after fasting. Hypothalamic expression of Ctbp2 was increased in diet induced obese (DIO) mice as compared to age-matched lean controls. We observed no evidence for associations for the look-up of BMI related loci in the AN GWAMA. A cross-trait analysis of AN and BMI loci revealed variants at three chromosomal loci with potential joint impact. The chromosome 10 locus is particularly promising given that the association with obesity was primarily driven by females. In addition, the detected altered hypothalamic expression patterns of Ctbp2 and Nbeal1 as a result of fasting and DIO implicate these genes in weight regulation. Hinney et al.