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19750555
TITLE
Genetic and environmental influences on the co-morbidity between depression, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and social phobia: a twin study.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND NlmCategory: BACKGROUND
Major depression (MD) and anxiety disorders such as panic disorder (PD), agoraphobia (AG), and social phobia (SP) are heritable and highly co-morbid. However, the relative importance of genetic and environmental etiology of the covariation between these disorders, particularly the relationship between PD and AG, is less clear.
METHODS NlmCategory: METHODS
Major depression (MD) and anxiety disorders such as panic disorder (PD), agoraphobia (AG), and social phobia (SP) are heritable and highly co-morbid. However, the relative importance of genetic and environmental etiology of the covariation between these disorders, particularly the relationship between PD and AG, is less clear. This study measured MD, PD, and AG in a population sample of 5,440 twin pairs and 1,245 single twins, about 45% of whom were also scored for SP. Prevalences, within individual co-morbidity and twin odds ratios for co-morbidity, are reported. A behavioral genetic analysis of the four disorders using the classical twin design was conducted.
RESULTS NlmCategory: RESULTS
Major depression (MD) and anxiety disorders such as panic disorder (PD), agoraphobia (AG), and social phobia (SP) are heritable and highly co-morbid. However, the relative importance of genetic and environmental etiology of the covariation between these disorders, particularly the relationship between PD and AG, is less clear. This study measured MD, PD, and AG in a population sample of 5,440 twin pairs and 1,245 single twins, about 45% of whom were also scored for SP. Prevalences, within individual co-morbidity and twin odds ratios for co-morbidity, are reported. A behavioral genetic analysis of the four disorders using the classical twin design was conducted. Odds ratios for MD, PD, AG, and SP in twins of individuals diagnosed with one of the four disorders were increased. Heritability estimates under a threshold-liability model for MD, PD, AG, and SP respectively were .33 (CI: 0.30-0.42), .38 (CI: 0.24-0.55), .48 (CI: 0.37-0.65), and .39 (CI: 0.16-0.65), with no evidence for any variance explained by the common environment shared by twins. We find that a common genetic factor explains a moderate proportion of variance in these four disorders. The genetic correlation between PD and AG was .83.
CONCLUSION NlmCategory: CONCLUSIONS
Major depression (MD) and anxiety disorders such as panic disorder (PD), agoraphobia (AG), and social phobia (SP) are heritable and highly co-morbid. However, the relative importance of genetic and environmental etiology of the covariation between these disorders, particularly the relationship between PD and AG, is less clear. This study measured MD, PD, and AG in a population sample of 5,440 twin pairs and 1,245 single twins, about 45% of whom were also scored for SP. Prevalences, within individual co-morbidity and twin odds ratios for co-morbidity, are reported. A behavioral genetic analysis of the four disorders using the classical twin design was conducted. Odds ratios for MD, PD, AG, and SP in twins of individuals diagnosed with one of the four disorders were increased. Heritability estimates under a threshold-liability model for MD, PD, AG, and SP respectively were .33 (CI: 0.30-0.42), .38 (CI: 0.24-0.55), .48 (CI: 0.37-0.65), and .39 (CI: 0.16-0.65), with no evidence for any variance explained by the common environment shared by twins. We find that a common genetic factor explains a moderate proportion of variance in these four disorders. The genetic correlation between PD and AG was .83. MD, PD, AG, and SP strongly co-aggregate within families and common genetic factors explain a moderate proportion of variance in these four disorders. The high genetic correlation between PD and AG and the increased odds ratio for PD and AG in siblings of those with AG without PD suggests a common genetic etiology for PD and AG.
DATE PUBLISHED
2009
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
entrez 2009/09/15 06:00
pubmed 2009/09/15 06:00
medline 2010/02/02 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Mosing MA Mosing Miriam A MA Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia. miriam.mosing@qimr.edu.au
Gordon SD Gordon Scott D SD
Medland SE Medland Sarah E SE
Statham DJ Statham Dixie J DJ
Nelson EC Nelson Elliot C EC
Heath AC Heath Andrew C AC
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
Wray NR Wray Naomi R NR
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 26
ISSUE: 11
TITLE: Depression and anxiety
ISOABBREVIATION: Depress Anxiety
YEAR: 2009
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CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1520-6394
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Depress Anxiety
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 1091-4269
NLMUNIQUEID: 9708816
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Twin Study
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
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GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Agoraphobia psychology
Comorbidity psychology
Depressive Disorder, Major psychology
Diseases in Twins psychology
Female psychology
Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics
Genome-Wide Association Study genetics
Humans genetics
Interview, Psychological genetics
Male genetics
Middle Aged genetics
Models, Genetic genetics
Multivariate Analysis genetics
Panic Disorder psychology
Phenotype psychology
Phobic Disorders psychology
Queensland psychology
Social Environment psychology
Statistics as Topic psychology
Young Adult psychology
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CHEMICALS
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