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. 2022 Dec 20;11:e74320. doi: 10.7554/eLife.74320

Appendix 1—table 5. Associations of phenotypes and polygenic scores within parental pairs*.

Phenotypes: regression of father’s BMI, depressive symptoms, and ADHD symptoms on mother’s phenotypes
Father’s: BMI Father’s: Depressive symptoms Father’s: ADHD symptoms
Beta (95% CI), p Beta (95% CI), p Beta (95% CI), p
Mother’s: BMI 0.23 (0.22,0.25) p<0.001 0.01 (-0.00,0.02) p=0.09 0.03 (0.02,0.05) p<0.001
Mother’s: Depressive symptoms 0.00 (-0.01,0.01), p=0.85 0.18 (0.16,0.20) p<0.001 0.10 (0.09,0.12), P<0.001
Mother’s: ADHD symptoms 0.01 (-0.02,0.01) p=0.32 0.05 (0.05,0.06) p<0.001 0.11 (0.09,0.13) p<0.001
Polygenic scores: regression of father’s PGS for BMI, depression, and ADHD: regression of father’s PGS on mother’s PGS
Father’s: Adult BMI PGS Father’s: Childhood body size PGS Father’s: Depression PGS Father’s: ADHD PGS
Beta (95% CI), p Beta (95% CI), p Beta (95% CI), p Beta (95% CI)
Mother’s: Adult BMI PGS 0.01 (0.00,0.02), p=0.02 0.01 (0.00,0.02), p=0.008 –0.00 (-0.01,0.01), p=0.62 –0.00 (-0.01,0.01), p=0.49
Mother’s: Childhood body size PGS 0.01 (-0.00,0.02), p=0.10 0.01 (-0.00,0.02), p=0.15 0.00 (-0.00,0.01), p=0.33 0.01 (0.00,0.02), p=0.03
Mother’s: Depression PGS –0.01 (−0.02–0.00), p=0.11 –0.00 (-0.01,0.01), p=0.76 –0.00 (-0.01,0.01), p=0.44 –0.00 (-0.01,0.01), p=0.47
Mother’s: ADHD PGS –0.00 (-0.01,0.01), p=0.58 0.01 (-0.00,0.02), p=0.24 –0.00 (-0.01,0.01), p=0.42 –0.00 (-0.01,0.01), p=0.93
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All models adjusted for the first 20 principal components of ancestry, genotyping centre and genotyping chip of the mother and father.