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. 2020 Sep 15;19(3):350–359. doi: 10.1002/wps.20772

Table 2.

Characteristics of external criterion variables

Phenotype Study Year Data source Sample size Study design Effect size Ancestry
Neuroticism Okbay et al31 2016 SSGAC 298,420 Continuous Beta European
Depression symptoms Okbay et al31 2016 SSGAC 161,460 Continuous Beta European
Subjective well‐being Okbay et al31 2016 SSGAC 298,420 Continuous Beta European
Extraversion Van Den Berg et al33 2015 GPC 170,910 Continuous Beta European
Agreeableness De Moor et al34 2012 GPC 20,669 Continuous Beta European
Conscientiousness De Moor et al34 2012 GPC 20,669 Continuous Beta European
Openness De Moor et al34 2012 GPC 20,669 Continuous Beta European
Educational attainment Lee et al32 2018 SSGAC 766,345 Continuous Beta European
Loneliness Gao et al35 2016 PGC 10,760 Continuous Beta Admixed
Body mass index Yengo et al36 2018 GIANT + UK Biobank 681,275 Continuous Beta European
Number of children Barban et al30 2016 SSGAC 333,702 Continuous Beta European
Age at first birth Barban et al30 2016 SSGAC 237,516 Continuous Beta European

SSGAC – Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, GPC – Genetics of Personality Consortium, PGC – Psychiatric Genetics Consortium, GIANT – Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits consortium, beta – standardized regression coefficient