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. 2021 Jun 15;89(12):1127–1137. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.12.024

Table 2.

Top Results of Sex Differences in Cross-Trait Genetic Correlation Estimates

Trait 1 Trait 2 Females
Males
Sex Difference
rg SE q ValueR rg SE q ValueR z Score q Value
EA RTB 0.187 0.033 6.38 × 10−8 −0.144 0.033 4.29 × 10−5 −8.353 7.98 × 10−15
AFB RTB −0.035 0.046 .52 −0.344 0.054 1.23 × 10−9 −4.906 5.58 × 10−5
EA NEU −0.22 0.029 1.72 × 10−13 −0.064 0.029 .051 4.421 3.94 × 10−4
CUE NEU −0.142 0.055 .022 0.124 0.054 .044 3.866 3.32 × 10−3
NEB RTB 0.116 0.063 .12 0.413 0.074 1.43 × 10−7 3.582 8.19 × 10−3
ALCC EA 0.276 0.047 2.52 × 10−8 0.043 0.049 .47 −3.53 8.30 × 10−3
SCZ SMKC 0.034 0.045 .52 0.214 0.046 1.54 × 10−5 3.301 .013
ALCC SMKC 0.013 0.058 .86 0.292 0.069 8.97 × 10−5 3.326 .013
BD MDD 0.565 0.079 4.95 × 10−12 0.057 0.142 .74 −3.367 .013
RTB SCZ 0.326 0.043 3.13 × 10−13 0.157 0.038 1.07 × 10−4 −3.088 .024
AFB NEU −0.173 0.037 1.44 × 10−5 −0.028 0.048 .63 2.95 .035

The z scores were calculated using equation 1.

AFB, age at first birth; ALCC, alcohol use; BD, bipolar disorder; CUE, cannabis use (ever); EA, educational attainment; MDD, major depressive disorder; NEB, number of children ever born; NEU, neuroticism; RTB, risk-taking behavior; SCZ, schizophrenia; SMKC, smoking (current).