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Novel Loci Associated With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Are Revealed by Leveraging Polygenic Overlap With Educational Attainment.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common and highly heritable psychiatric condition. By exploiting the reported relationship between ADHD and educational attainment (EA), we aimed to improve discovery of ADHD-associated genetic variants and to investigate genetic overlap between these phenotypes. METHOD:A conditional/conjunctional false discovery rate (condFDR/conjFDR) method was applied to genome-wide association study (GWAS) data on ADHD (2,064 trios, 896 cases, and 2,455 controls) and EA (n=328,917) to identify ADHD-associated loci and loci overlapping between ADHD and EA. Identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were tested for association in an independent population-based study of ADHD symptoms (n=17,666). Genetic correlation between ADHD and EA was estimated using LD score regression and Pearson correlation. RESULTS:At levels of condFDR<0.01 and conjFDR<0.05, we identified 5 ADHD-associated loci, 3 of these being shared between ADHD and EA. None of these loci had been identified in the primary ADHD GWAS, demonstrating the increased power provided by the condFDR/conjFDR analysis. Leading SNPs for 4 of 5 identified regions are in introns of protein coding genes (KDM4A, MEF2C, PINK1, RUNX1T1), whereas the remaining one is an intergenic SNP on chromosome 2 at 2p24. Consistent direction of effects in the independent study of ADHD symptoms was shown for 4 of 5 identified loci. A polygenic overlap between ADHD and EA was supported by significant genetic correlation (rg=-0.403, p=7.90×10-8) and >10-fold mutual enrichment of SNPs associated with both traits. CONCLUSION:We identified 5 novel loci associated with ADHD and provided evidence for a shared genetic basis between ADHD and EA. These findings could aid understanding of the genetic risk architecture of ADHD and its relation to EA.

SUBMITTER: Shadrin AA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5806128 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Novel Loci Associated With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Are Revealed by Leveraging Polygenic Overlap With Educational Attainment.

Shadrin Alexey A AA Smeland Olav B OB Zayats Tetyana T Schork Andrew J AJ Frei Oleksandr O Bettella Francesco F Witoelar Aree A Li Wen W Eriksen Jon A JA Krull Florian F Djurovic Srdjan S Faraone Stephen V SV Reichborn-Kjennerud Ted T Thompson Wesley K WK Johansson Stefan S Haavik Jan J Dale Anders M AM Wang Yunpeng Y Andreassen Ole A OA

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 20171126 2

<h4>Objective</h4>Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common and highly heritable psychiatric condition. By exploiting the reported relationship between ADHD and educational attainment (EA), we aimed to improve discovery of ADHD-associated genetic variants and to investigate genetic overlap between these phenotypes.<h4>Method</h4>A conditional/conjunctional false discovery rate (condFDR/conjFDR) method was applied to genome-wide association study (GWAS) data on ADHD (2,064 trios ...[more]

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Project description:BACKGROUND:A recent large-scale mega genome-wide association study identified, for the first time, genetic variants at 12 loci significantly associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In this study we use a powerful polygenic approach, with polygenic scores derived from the genome-wide association study, to investigate the etiological overlap between ADHD and frequently co-occurring traits and disorders. METHODS:Polygenic risk scores for ADHD derived from the mega genome-wide association study (20,183 cases and 35,191 control subjects) were computed in a large-scale adult population sample (N = 135,726) recruited by the UK Biobank. Regression analyses were conducted to investigate whether polygenic risk for ADHD is associated with related traits and disorders in this population sample. The effects of sex were investigated via inclusion of an interaction term in the models. RESULTS:Polygenic risk for ADHD significantly and positively predicted body mass index (R2 = .45%; p = 5 × 10-129), neuroticism (R2 = .09%; p = 2 × 10-24), depression (R2 = .11%; p = 2 × 10-13), anxiety (R2 = .06%; p = 3 × 10-4), risk taking (R2 = .12%; p = 9 × 10-25), alcohol intake (R2 = .09%; p = 8 × 10-29), smoking (R2 = .33%; p = 4 × 10-21), alcohol dependency (R2 = .21%; p = 5 × 10-6), and negatively predicted verbal-numerical reasoning (R2 = .38%; p = 5 × 10-36). Polygenic risk scores did not significantly predict schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, although this may be because of the small number of diagnostic cases. We found no interaction effects between polygenic risk for ADHD and sex on any phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings suggest that common genetic variation underlying risk for clinically diagnosed ADHD also contributes to higher body mass index, neuroticism, anxiety and depressive disorders, alcohol and nicotine use, risk taking, and lower general cognitive ability in the general population. These findings suggest that the co-occurrence of several traits with ADHD is partly explained by the same common genetic variants.

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Novel Loci Associated With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Are Revealed by Leveraging Polygenic Overlap With Educational Attainment.

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Novel Loci Associated With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Are Revealed by Leveraging Polygenic Overlap With Educational Attainment.

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