Polygenic association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder liability and cognitive impairments

BACKGROUND: A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified 12 independent loci significantly associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Polygenic risk scores (PRS), derived from the GWAS, can be used to assess genetic overlap between ADHD and other traits. Using ADHD samples from several international sites, we derived PRS for ADHD from the recent GWAS to test whether genetic variants that contribute to ADHD also influence two cognitive functions that show strong association with ADHD: attention regulation and response inhibition, captured by reaction time variability (RTV) and commission errors (CE).

METHODS: The discovery GWAS included 19 099 ADHD cases and 34 194 control participants. The combined target sample included 845 people with ADHD (age: 8-40 years). RTV and CE were available from reaction time and response inhibition tasks. ADHD PRS were calculated from the GWAS using a leave-one-study-out approach. Regression analyses were run to investigate whether ADHD PRS were associated with CE and RTV. Results across sites were combined via random effect meta-analyses.

RESULTS: When combining the studies in meta-analyses, results were significant for RTV (R2 = 0.011, β = 0.088, p = 0.02) but not for CE (R2 = 0.011, β = 0.013, p = 0.732). No significant association was found between ADHD PRS and RTV or CE in any sample individually (p > 0.10).

CONCLUSIONS: We detected a significant association between PRS for ADHD and RTV (but not CE) in individuals with ADHD, suggesting that common genetic risk variants for ADHD influence attention regulation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Psychological medicine - 52(2022), 14 vom: 03. Okt., Seite 3150-3158

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vainieri, Isabella [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Rommel, Anna-Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Asherson, Philip [VerfasserIn]
Banaschewski, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Buitelaar, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Cormand, Bru [VerfasserIn]
Crosbie, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Faraone, Stephen V [VerfasserIn]
Franke, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Loo, Sandra K [VerfasserIn]
Miranda, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Manor, Iris [VerfasserIn]
Oades, Robert D [VerfasserIn]
Purves, Kirstin L [VerfasserIn]
Ramos-Quiroga, J Antoni [VerfasserIn]
Ribasés, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Roeyers, Herbert [VerfasserIn]
Rothenberger, Aribert [VerfasserIn]
Schachar, Russell [VerfasserIn]
Sergeant, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Vuijk, Pieter J [VerfasserIn]
Doyle, Alysa E [VerfasserIn]
Kuntsi, Jonna [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ADHD
Attention
Cognition
Inhibition
Journal Article
Polygenic risk scores
Reaction time variability
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.01.2023

Date Revised 10.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0033291720005218

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320920054