The Internet-based MGS2 control sample: self report of mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia (MGS2) project recruited an adult control sample of non-Hispanic European-ancestry (N=3,364) and African American (N=1,301) subjects.

Method

Subjects gave consent to deposit phenotypic data and blood samples into a repository for general research use, with full anonymization of the sample. The authors compared the control sample with population census data for demographic data and with previous population surveys for anthropometrics and prevalences of psychiatric disorders as estimated by an Internet-administered questionnaire.

Results

The full MGS2 control sample includes 4,665 subjects (European-ancestry: N=3,364; African American: N=1,301), of whom 3,626 were included in the MGS2 genome-wide association study (GWAS)

SUBMITTER: Sanders AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6385597 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature