Table 1. Genetic correlations between neuroticism documented in UK Biobank and mental and physical health-related traits curated from GWAS consortia.
Trait Category | Traits from GWAS consortia |
Neuroticism (UKB) (n=108 038) |
Neuroticism (GPC) (n=63 661) |
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rg | s.e. | P | rg | s.e. | P | ||
Mental health | ADHD | 0.060 | 0.082 | 0.4681 | 0.090 | 0.191 | 0.6371 |
Alzheimer's disease | 0.118 | 0.080 | 0.1378 | 0.089 | 0.177 | 0.6147 | |
Alzheimer's disease (500 kb) | 0.091 | 0.063 | 0.1514 | 0.051 | 0.145 | 0.7262 | |
Anorexia nervosa | 0.174 | 0.04 | 2.36 × 10−5 | 0.319 | 0.082 | 9.56 × 10−5 | |
Bipolar disorder | 0.083 | 0.052 | 0.1096 | 0.162 | 0.101 | 0.1091 | |
Major depressive disorder | 0.659 | 0.087 | 2.75 × 10−14 | 1.073 | 0.199 | 7.15 × 10−8 | |
Schizophrenia | 0.212 | 0.050 | 2.39 × 10−5 | 0.198 | 0.068 | 0.0033 | |
Physical health | Blood pressure: diastolic | −0.011 | 0.078 | 0.887 | −0.108 | 0.091 | 0.2363 |
Blood pressure: systolic | −0.051 | 0.060 | 0.3959 | –0.008 | 0.083 | 0.925 | |
BMI | −0.036 | 0.028 | 0.1921 | 0.046 | 0.055 | 0.4077 | |
Coronary artery disease | 0.104 | 0.053 | 0.0489 | 0.221 | 0.104 | 0.0331 | |
Longevity | −0.083 | 0.081 | 0.3011 | 0.002 | 0.163 | 0.9888 | |
Rheumatoid arthritis | −0.0816 | 0.05 | 0.103 | −0.093 | 0.123 | 0.4463 | |
Smoking status | 0.113 | 0.05 | 0.0205 | 0.124 | 0.090 | 0.1657 | |
Type 2 diabetes | −0.145 | 0.07 | 0.0389 | 0.044 | 0.107 | 0.6837 |
Abbreviations: ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; BMI, body mass index; GPC, Genetics of Personality Consortium; GWAS, genome-wide association study; UKB, UK Biobank.
Statistically significant P-values (after false discovery rate correction—P<0.0033) are shown in bold.