Using genetics to understand the causal influence of higher BMI on depression

Tyrrell, J; Mulugeta, A; Wood, AR; Zhou, A; Beaumont, RN; Tuke, MA; Jones, SE; Ruth, KS; Yaghootkar, H; Sharp, S; Thompson, WD; Ji, YJ; Harrison, J; Freathy, RM; Murray, A; Weedon, MN; Lewis, C; Frayling, TM; Hypponen, E

Hypponen, E (reprint author), Univ South Australia, Canc Res Inst, Australian Ctr Precis Hlth, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2019; 48 (3): 834

Abstract

Background: Depression is more common in obese than non-obese individuals, especially in women, but the causal relationship between obesity and depres......

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