Mendelian randomization: concepts and scope

RC Richmond, GD Smith - Cold Spring …, 2022 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a method of studying the causal effects of modifiable
exposures (ie, potential risk factors) on health, social, and economic outcomes using genetic …

A meta‐review of “lifestyle psychiatry”: the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders

J Firth, M Solmi, RE Wootton, D Vancampfort… - World …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing academic and clinical interest in how “lifestyle factors” traditionally
associated with physical health may also relate to mental health and psychological well …

Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

DM Howard, MJ Adams, TK Clarke, JD Hafferty… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Major depression is a debilitating psychiatric illness that is typically associated with low
mood and anhedonia. Depression has a heritable component that has remained difficult to …

The association of cigarette smoking with depression and anxiety: a systematic review

M Fluharty, AE Taylor, M Grabski… - Nicotine & Tobacco …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: Many studies report a positive association between smoking and mental
illness. However, the literature remains mixed regarding the direction of this association. We …

Evidence for causal effects of lifetime smoking on risk for depression and schizophrenia: a Mendelian randomisation study

RE Wootton, RC Richmond, BG Stuijfzand… - Psychological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundSmoking prevalence is higher amongst individuals with schizophrenia and
depression compared with the general population. Mendelian randomisation (MR) can …

Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study

K Trajanoska, JA Morris, L Oei, HF Zheng, DM Evans… - bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Objectives To identify the genetic determinants of fracture risk and assess the role of 15
clinical risk factors on osteoporotic fracture risk. Design Meta-analysis of genome wide …

Genetics of substance use disorders in the era of big data

J Gelernter, R Polimanti - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are conditions in which the use of legal or illegal
substances, such as nicotine, alcohol or opioids, results in clinical and functional …

Statistical and integrative system-level analysis of DNA methylation data

AE Teschendorff, CL Relton - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Epigenetics plays a key role in cellular development and function. Alterations to the
epigenome are thought to capture and mediate the effects of genetic and environmental risk …

Map** risk factors for depression across the lifespan: an umbrella review of evidence from meta-analyses and Mendelian randomization studies

CA Köhler, E Evangelou, B Stubbs, M Solmi… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of depression may involve a complex interplay of environmental and
genetic risk factors. PubMed and PsycInfo databases were searched from inception through …

Clinical guidelines for the use of lifestyle-based mental health care in major depressive disorder: World Federation of Societies for Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and …

W Marx, SH Manger, M Blencowe… - The World Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives The primary objectives of these international guidelines were to provide a global
audience of clinicians with (a) a series of evidence-based recommendations for the …