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. 2022 Jun 8;48(5):967–980. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbac049

Table 2.

Summary of Population Studies

Study Sample; 
Number of 
Participants Childhood 
Adversity Investigated Gene-Environment Correlation Between SZ PRS and CA SZ PRS GWAS Gene-Environment Interaction Between SZ PRS, CA, and Psychosis
Docherty et al (2018)45 S4S; 5947 Interpersonal trauma q-value < 0.01a; effect size not reportedb PGC2 (2014) Not assessed
Krapohl et al (2017)53 TEDS; 6710 Parental smacking β = .010, SE = 0.013, X 2  = 0.55, P = 5E-01 PGC2 (2014) Not assessed
Lehto et al (2020)55 UKBB; 3151 adopted Adoption OR = 1.05; 95% CI = 1.01, 1.09; P = .01 a PGC2 (2014) Not assessed
Leppert et al (2020)52 UKBB; 334 976 (total) Sexually molested, felt loved, physically abused by family, felt hated by family, and someone to take to doctor Sexually molested: β = .062; 95% CI = 0.040, 0.084; P = 3.11E-08 a  
 Felt loved: β = −.044; 95% CI = −0.055, −0.032; P = 3.52E-14a  
 Physically abused by family: β = .033; 95% CI = 0.017, 0.048; P = 3.91E-05  
 Felt hated by family: β = .060; 95% CI = 0.043, 0.077; P = 3.24E-12a  
 Someone to take to doctor: β = −.042; 95% CI = −0.058, −0.025; P = 6.36E-07a
PGC2 (2014) Not assessed
Pergola et al (2019)24 TRAILS; 650 Bullying victimization Time point 1: N  = 650, all P > .05c  
Time point 2: N  = 625, F2,611  = 3.4, P  = .033, partial η 2  = 0.011 (ANOVA)a,c
PGC2 (2014) Not assessed
Pries et al (2020)46 TwinssCan; 593 General adversity β = −.01; 95% CI = −0.03, 0.02; P = .676 PGC2 + CLOZUK (2018) Not assessed
Riglin et al (2019)49 ALSPAC; 8365 Peer victimization OR = 0.95; 95% CI = 0.86, 1.04; P = .292 PGC2 (2014) Not assessed
Sallis et al (2020)42 ALSPAC; 7426 (child PRS)
MoBa; 7244 (child PRS)
Bullying, domestic violence, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, emotional cruelty, and physical cruelty ALSPAC any adversity across childhood and adolescence: OR = 1.14; 95% CI = 1.08, 1.20; P = 8.4E-6  
Bullying: OR = 1.03; 95% CI = 0.97, 1.09; P  = .342
Domestic violence: OR = 1.07; 95% CI = 1.01, 1.13; P  = .028a  
Sexual abuse: OR = 1.15; 95% CI = 1.03, 1.29; P  = .012a  
Emotional neglect: OR = 1.06; 95% CI = 0.96, 1.17; P  = .235
Emotional cruelty: OR = 1.16; 95% CI = 1.09, 1.24; P  = 3.49E-6a  
Physical cruelty: OR = 1.12; 95% CI = 1.05, 1.20; P  = 7.9E-4a  
 MoBa: OR = 1.08; 95% CI = 1.02, 1.14; P = .005
PGC2 (2014) Not assessed
Schoeler et al (2019)50 ALSPAC; 5028 Bullying β = .038; 95% CI = 0.008, 0.068; P = .02 a PGC2 + CLOZUK (2018) Not assessed
Ratanatharathorn et al (2021)54 NHS2; 13 313 Physical/emotional abuse, physical assault, and sexual abuse Physical/emotional abuse: OR = 1.11; 95% CI = 1.07, 1.16; P = 2.10E-08 a  
 Physical assault: OR = 1.09; 95% CI = 1.04, 1.13, P = 2.50E-05a  
 Sexual abuse: OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.98, 1.07, P = 2.80E-01
PGC2 (2014) Not assessed
Bolhuis et al (2021)44 Generation R; 1901 General adversity P t  < .5: OR = 1.08; 95% CI = 1.02,1 .15; P = .01 (Generation R)a  
 Pt  < .5: OR = 1.02; 95% CI = 1.01, 1.03; P = .001 (ALSPAC)a
PGC2 (2014) Not assessed
Peel et al (2021)43 TEDS; 3963 Emotional and physical abuse β = .44; 95% CI = 0.13, 0.75; P = .01 a PGC2 + CLOZUK (2018) Not assessed
Results from controls in clinical population studies
 Trotta et al (2016)48 GAP; 110 unaffected community controls General adversity Physical/sexual abuse, parental separation, parental death, taken into the care system, and number of family arrangements Controls: OR = 2.77; 95% CI = −1.92, 7.47; P = .247 PGC2 (2014) Assessed in cases
 Aas et al (2021)47 EU-GEI; 690 controls General adversity Control: β = .03; 95% CI = −0.09, 0.25; P  = .34 (binary)
 Control: β = .09; 95% CI = 0.02, 0.16; P = .02a  (continuous)
PGC2 (2014) Assessed in cases
 Guloksuz et al (2019)58 EU-GEI; 1542 controls Bullying, emotional neglect, physical neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse Bullying: OR = 1.28; 95% CI = 0.87, 1.89; P = .21  
 Emotional abuse: OR = 1.13; 95% CI = 0.81, 1.59; P = .476  
 Physical abuse: OR = 1.84; 95% CI = 1.19, 2.84; P = .006a  
 Sexual abuse: OR = 0.79; 95% CI = 0.51, 1.23; P = .292  
 Emotional neglect: OR = 1.16; 95% CI = 0.90, 1.50; P = .258  
 Physical neglect: OR = 1.19; 95% CI = 0.90, 1.58; P = .219
PGC2 (2014) Assessed in cases

Note: ALSPAC, Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; CA, childhood adversity; EU-GEI, EUropean Network of National Schizophrenia Networks Studying Gene-Environment Interactions; GAP, genes and psychosis; GWAS, genome-wide association studies; MoBa, Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study; NHS2, Nurses’ Health Study 2; PGC2, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium 24; PGC + CLOZUK, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium and CLOZUK3; SZ PRS, schizophrenia polygenic risk score; S4S, spit for science; TEDS, Twins Early Development Study; TRAILS, TRacking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey; TwinssCan, East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey; UKBB, UK BioBank. The table describes the population studies included in this review and outlines the number of participants with genetic data, the type of childhood adversity investigated, and the outcome.

aStudy defined statistical significance. Effect sizes reported in bold were used in the meta-analysis.

bStudy not included in meta-analysis due to no effect size.

cStudy not included in meta-analysis because not peer reviewed.