Association between 14 candidate genes, PM2.5, and affective disorders: a study of the Taiwan Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies have focused on the risk factors, treatment, and care of affective psychosis, and several have reported a relationship between ambient air quality and this psychosis. Although an association has been reported between psychosis and genes, studies mainly explored the associations between one type of psychosis and one gene; few have identified genes related to affective psychosis. This study investigates the genetic and environmental factors of affective psychosis.

Methods

In this retrospective longitudinal study, 27 604 participants aged 30-70 were selected from Taiwan Biobank. The participants' propensity scores were calculated based on their demographic information, and propensity score matching was performed to divide the participants into an experim

SUBMITTER: Ma KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683147 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature