Genome-wide association study of dietary intake in the UK biobank study and its associations with schizophrenia and other traits.

ABSTRACT: Motivated by observational studies that report associations between schizophrenia and traits, such as poor diet, increased body mass index and metabolic disease, we investigated the genetic contribution to dietary intake in a sample of 335,576 individuals from the UK Biobank study. A principal component analysis applied to diet question item responses generated two components: Diet Component 1 (DC1) represented a meat-related diet and Diet Component 2 (DC2) a fish and plant-related diet. Genome-wide association analysis identified 29 independent single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with DC1 and 63 SNPs with DC2. Estimated from over 35,000 3rd-degree relative pairs that are unlikely to share close family environments, heritabilities for both DC1 and DC2 were 0.16 (standard erro

SUBMITTER: Niarchou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7026164 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature