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40672512
TITLE
Genome-wide insights into generalised anxiety using a dimensional symptom severity approach.
ABSTRACT
We performed a genome-wide association meta-analysis of generalised anxiety symptom severity in 696,563 individuals of European ancestry from 14 cohorts. We identified 82 independent genome-wide significant variants within 76 loci, 41 of which were novel for anxiety. SNP-based heritability was 5.9% (SE = 0.19%). Polygenic scores were significantly associated with anxiety symptom severity and disorder in European, African, and South Asian ancestry samples (r2=1.2%-3.4%). Significant genetic correlations were estimated with numerous mental and physical health traits, including case-control anxiety, neuroticism and depression (rg=0.71-0.86), irritable bowel syndrome (rg=0.57), coronary artery disease, endometriosis, and migraine (rg=0.20-0.27). Gene-based and pathway analyses implicated synaptic and axonal processes, with enriched expression in the brain. These findings highlight the additional value of a dimensional approach in anxiety genetics.
DATE PUBLISHED
2025 Jul 11
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
medline 2025/07/17 06:28
pubmed 2025/07/17 06:27
entrez 2025/07/17 05:36
pmc-release 2025/07/16
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Skelton M Skelton Megan M
Mitchell BL Mitchell Brittany L BL
Assary E Assary Elham E
Li D Li Danyang D
Morneau-Vaillancourt G Morneau-Vaillancourt Genevieve G
Murphy AE Murphy Alan E AE
Ter Kuile AR Ter Kuile Abigail R AR
Wang R Wang Rujia R
Adams MJ Adams Mark J MJ
Byrne EM Byrne Enda M EM
Corfield EC Corfield Elizabeth C EC
Grimes PZ Grimes Poppy Z PZ
Hannigan LJ Hannigan Laurie J LJ
Hu J Hu Jihua J
Koiv K Koiv Kadri K
Kwong AS Kwong Alex Sf AS
Papiol S Papiol Sergi S
Pettersen JH Pettersen Johanne H JH
Pistis G Pistis Giorgio G
Castelao E Castelao Enrique E
Strom NI Strom Nora I NI
van der Most PJ van der Most Peter J PJ
Anxiety Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
GLAD+ authors
Lifelines Cohort Study
NIHR Bioresource
Protect-AD Consortium
Andreassen OA Andreassen Ole A OA
Erhardt-Lehmann A Erhardt-Lehmann Angelika A
Havdahl A Havdahl Alexandra A
Skene N Skene Nathan N
Verhulst B Verhulst Brad B
Weber H Weber Heike H
Armour C Armour Cherie C
Ask H Ask Helga H
Copeland WE Copeland William E WE
Dannlowski U Dannlowski Udo U
Deckert J Deckert Jurgen J
Domschke K Domschke Katharina K
Hickie IB Hickie Ian B IB
Lehto K Lehto Kelli K
Lonsdorf TB Lonsdorf Tina B TB
Lueken U Lueken Ulrike U
Lupton MK Lupton Michelle K MK
Medland SE Medland Sarah E SE
McIntosh AM McIntosh Andrew M AM
Oldehinkel AJ Oldehinkel Albertine J AJ
Preisig M Preisig Martin M
Reif A Reif Andreas A
Snieder H Snieder Harold H
Walters JTR Walters James T R JTR
Wray NR Wray Naomi R NR
Hartman CA Hartman Catharina A CA
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
Hettema JM Hettema John M JM
Breen G Breen Gerome G
Coleman JR Coleman Jonathan Ri JR
Eley TC Eley Thalia C TC
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TITLE: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
ISOABBREVIATION: medRxiv
YEAR: 2025
MONTH: Jul
DAY: 11
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MEDLINETA: medRxiv
COUNTRY: United States
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