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. 2016 Apr 26;6(4):e791. doi: 10.1038/tp.2016.56

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)
    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.