Table 3.
Genetic correlations among the fourteen psychiatric disorders and related traits
| AGG | ADHD | ASD | CIGS | CAN | ALC | ASB | ANX | MDD | PTSD | BIP | OCD | SCZ | ED | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGG | 1 | |||||||||||||
| ADHD | 0.77 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| ASD | 0.49 | 0.37 | 1 | |||||||||||
| CIGS | 0.52 | 0.41 | 0.07 | 1 | ||||||||||
| CAN | 0.81 | 0.42 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 1 | |||||||||
| ALC | 0.12 | 0.41 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.12 | 1 | ||||||||
| ASB | 0.24 | 0.52 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.41 | 0.59 | 1 | |||||||
| ANX | 0.67 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.35 | 0.54 | 0.42 | 1 | ||||||
| MDD | 0.46 | 0.56 | 0.44 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.55 | 0.89 | 1 | |||||
| PTSD | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.49 | 1 | ||||
| BIP | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.34 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 1 | |||
| OCD | 0.38 | –0.16 | 0.12 | –0.05 | 0.25 | –0.27 | –0.05 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 1 | ||
| SCZ | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.68 | 0.33 | 1 | |
| ED | –0.20 | –0.26 | –0.08 | –0.12 | 0.04 | –0.10 | –0.10 | 0.09 | 0.20 | –0.02 | 0.18 | 0.50 | 0.23 | 1 |
AGG – aggression, ADHD – attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ASD – autism spectrum disorder, CIGS – number of cigarettes smoked per day, CAN – ‐cannabis dependence, ALC – alcohol dependence, ASB – antisocial behavior, ANX – anxiety disorders, MDD – major depressive disorder, PTSD – post‐traumatic stress disorders, BIP – bipolar disorder, OCD – obsessive‐compulsive disorder, SCZ – schizophrenia, ED – eating disorders. Borders denote correlations among disorders within each higher‐order dimension.