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TITLE
Leveraging transdiagnostic genetic liability to psychiatric disorders to dissect clinical outcomes of anorexia nervosa.
ABSTRACT
Anorexia nervosa (AN) has extensive genetic correlations with other psychiatric disorders, and genetic risk for different psychiatric disorders was associated with distinct clinical courses in AN. Uncovering associations between transdiagnostic psychiatric genetic liability and AN outcomes can facilitate its personalized treatment. In this study, we investigated the associations between transdiagnostic psychiatric genetic liability and outcomes of AN. Genomic structural equation models were fitted to genome-wide association data for AN and psychiatric disorders with high genetic correlations with AN (obsessive-compulsive symptoms [OCS], major depressive disorder [MDD], schizophrenia, and anxiety disorders) to extract one shared and five trait-specific genetic components. Next, we calculated the polygenic risk scores (PRS) for these components, including PRS , PRS , PRS , PRS , PRS and PRS , which index the shared genetic liability to all five psychiatric traits, and genetic liability specific to AN, OCS, MDD, SCZ and ANX, respectively. We then tested associations between these PRSs and clinical outcomes reported between 1997 and 2018 among AN cases from the Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI), linked to Swedish National Registers. The clinical outcomes included cumulative disease burden (i.e., number of diagnoses, medication prescriptions, and inpatient days), risks of psychiatric comorbidities, and AN symptomatology. Among 4028 included AN cases, the mean (SD) birth year was 1985 (9), and 3947 (98.0%) were female. Within AN, +1 SD increase of PRS was associated with 9-39% excess risk of disease burden and psychiatric comorbidity, whereas the associations between PRS and most clinical outcomes were statistically non-significant. +1 SD increase of PRS was associated with 3-29% increased risk of AN disease burden. Our findings show that shared psychiatric liability is associated with more adverse AN outcomes, whereas AN-specific liability is not a good indicator for its clinical course. This study provides a novel perspective on factors influencing heterogeneity in AN clinical course.
© 2025. The Author(s).
DATE PUBLISHED
2025 Sep 23
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2024/06/23
accepted 2025/09/10
revised 2025/08/07
medline 2025/09/23 03:17
pubmed 2025/09/23 03:17
entrez 2025/09/22 23:18
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Lu ZA Lu Zheng-An ZA Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ploner A Ploner Alexander A Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Birgegård A Birgegård Andreas A Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
Landén M Landén Mikael M Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bulik CM Bulik Cynthia M CM Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Bergen SE Bergen Sarah E SE Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Sarah.Bergen@ki.se.
INVESTIGATORS
LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION
Pedersen Nancy L NL
Yao Shuyang S
Bryois Julien J
Leppä Virpi M VM
Lichtenstein Paul P
Baker Jessica H JH
Zerwas Stephanie S
Thornton Laura M LM
La Via Maria C MC
Munn-Chernoff Melissa A MA
Lin Bochao Danae BD
Luykx Jurjen J
Adan Roger A H RAH
Danner Unna N UN
Alfredsson Lars L
Ando Tetsuya T
Andreassen Ole A OA
Mattingsdal Morten M
Aschauer Harald H
Bencko Vladimir V
Bergen Andrew W AW
Berrettini Wade H WH
Boden Joseph M JM
Horwood L John LJ
Boehm Ilka I
Ehrlich Stefan S
Franklin Christopher S CS
Tachmazidou Ioanna I
Perica Vesna Boraska VB
Crawford Steven S
Brandt Harry H
Farmer Anne A
McGuffin Peter P
Kalsi Gursharan G
Breen Gerome G
Gaspar Héléna A HA
Coleman Jonathan R I JRI
Roberts Marion M
Purves Kirstin L KL
Hanscombe Ken B KB
Burghardt Roland R
Carlberg Laura L
Clementi Maurizio M
Cassina Matteo M
Forzan Monica M
Cichon Sven S
Herms Stefan S
Forstner Andreas J AJ
Cone Roger D RD
Courtet Philippe P
Guillaume Sébastien S
Crow Scott S
Giusti-Rodríquez Paola P
Szatkiewicz Jin P JP
Crowley James J JJ
Sullivan Patrick F PF
Davis Oliver S P OSP
deZwaan Martina M
Dedoussis George G
Ntalla Ioanna I
Favaro Angela A
Degortes Daniela D
Tenconi Elena E
DeSocio Janiece E JE
Dick Danielle M DM
Dikeos Dimitris D
Gonidakis Fragiskos F
Dina Christian C
Dmitrzak-Weglarz Monika M
Docampo Elisa E
Escaramís Geòrgia G
Mayora Monica Gratacos MG
Duncan Laramie E LE
Duriez Philibert P
Gorwood Philip P
Ramoz Nicolas N
Egberts Karin K
Fischer Krista K
Esko Tõnu T
Espeseth Thomas T
Estivill Xavier X
Fernández-Aranda Fernando F
Jiménez-Murcia Susana S
Fichter Manfred M MM
Floyd James A B JAB
Föcker Manuel M
Foretova Lenka L
Navratilova Marie M
Gallinger Steven S
Gambaro Giovanni G
Giegling Ina I
Rujescu Dan D
Gordon Scott S
Martin Nicholas G NG
Grove Jakob J
Guo Yiran Y
Li Dong D
Hakonarson Hakon H
Halmi Katherine A KA
Southam Lorraine L
Hatzikotoulas Konstantinos K
Hauser Joanna J
Hebebrand Johannes J
Peters Triinu T
Hinney Anke A
Helder Sietske G SG
Henders Anjali A
Herpertz-Dahlmann Beate B
Seitz Jochen J
Herzog Wolfgang W
Hübel Christopher C
Yilmaz Zeynep Z
Xu Jiayi J
Johnson Jessica S JS
Huckins Laura M LM
Pinto Dalila D
Hudson James I JI
Imgart Hartmut H
Inoko Hidetoshi H
Janout Vladimir V
Johnson Craig C
Jordan Jennifer J
Marsal Sara S
Julià Antonio A
Papezova Hana H
Kaminská Deborah D
Kaplan Allan S AS
Kennedy James L JL
Kaprio Jaakko J
Widen Elisabeth E
Karhunen Leila L
Karwautz Andreas A
Wagner Gudrun G
Kas Martien J H MJH
Kaye Walter H WH
Kennedy Martin A MA
Keski-Rahkonen Anna A
Kiezebrink Kirsty K
Kim Youl-Ri YR
Kirk Katherine M KM
Medland Sarah E SE
Parker Richard R
Klareskog Lars L
Padyukov Leonid L
Klump Kelly L KL
Knudsen Gun Peggy S GPS
Larsen Janne T JT
Petersen Liselotte V LV
Mortensen Preben Bo PB
Le Hellard Stephanie S
Lilenfeld Lisa L
Lissowska Jolanta J
Lundervold Astri J AJ
Magistretti Pierre J PJ
Monteleone Alessio Maria AM
Maj Mario M
Mannik Katrin K
Marshall Christian R CR
Mattheisen Manuel M
McDevitt Sara S
Metspalu Andres A
Slagboom P Eline PE
Meulenbelt Ingrid I
Micali Nadia N
Mitchell James J
Mitchell Karen K
Monteleone Palmiero P
Montgomery Grant W GW
Nacmias Benedetta B
Sorbi Sandro S
Whiteman David C DC
Olsen Catherine M CM
Ophoff Roel A RA
O'Toole Julie J
Palotie Aarno A
Pantel Jacques J
Pearson John F JF
Raevuori Anu A
Reichborn-Kjennerud Ted T
Ricca Valdo V
Ripatti Samuli S
Ripke Stephan S
Rotondo Alessandro A
Rybakowski Filip F
Santonastaso Paolo P
Scherag André A
Scherer Stephen W SW
Schmidt Ulrike U
Treasure Janet J
Schork Nicholas J NJ
Schosser Alexandra A
Slachtova Lenka L
Slof-Op't Margarita C T MCT
van Furth Eric F EF
Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor Marta M
Slopien Agnieszka A
Soranzo Nicole N
Steen Vidar W VW
Strober Michael M
Stuber Garret D GD
Świątkowska Beata B
Tam Friederike I FI
Tortorella Alfonso A
Tozzi Federica F
Tsitsika Artemis A
Tziouvas Konstantinos K
van Elburg Annemarie A
Wade Tracey D TD
Watson Hunna J HJ
Werge Thomas T
Wichmann H-Erich HE
Woodside D Blake DB
Zeggini Eleftheria E
Zipfel Stephan S
Maguire Sarah L SL
JOURNAL
VOLUME:
ISSUE:
TITLE: Molecular psychiatry
ISOABBREVIATION: Mol Psychiatry
YEAR: 2025
MONTH: Sep
DAY: 23
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SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1476-5578
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Mol Psychiatry
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 1359-4184
NLMUNIQUEID: 9607835
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
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2021-03126 Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council)
538-2013-8864 Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council)
R56MH129437 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
R01MH120170 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
R01MH124871 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
R01MH119084 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
R01MH124871 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
R276-2018-4581 Lundbeckfonden (Lundbeck Foundation)
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