Anorexia nervosa polygenic risk, beyond diagnoses: relationship with adolescent disordered eating and behaviours in an Australian female twin population
Madeleine Curtis,
Lucia Colodro-Conde,
Sarah E. Medland
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundIt is well established that there is a substantial genetic component to eating disorders. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) can be used to quantify cumulative genetic risk for a trait at an individual level. Recent studies suggest PRS for Anorexia Nervosa (AN) may also predict risk for other disordered eating behaviours, but no study has examined if PRS for AN can predict disordered eating as a global continuous measure. This study aimed to investigate whether PRS for AN predicted overall levels of disorde… Show more
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