Genome-wide association studies of binge eating behaviour and anorexia nervosa yield insights into the unique and shared biology of eating disorder phenotypes
Publikation: Vorabdruck/Dokumentation/Bericht › Vorabdruck (Preprint)
Beitragende
- Psychosoziale Medizin und Entwicklungsneurowissenschaften
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie
- Karolinska Institutet
- Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
- King's College London (KCL)
- University of British Columbia
- DRK Kliniken Berlin
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Texas Tech University
- Universitätsklinikum Essen
- University of Texas at Austin
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- University College London
- Quantitative Genomic Medicine Laboratories, S.L. (qGenomics)
- Universität Aarhus
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
- University of Oslo
- University of Bristol
- University of Tartu
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- University of Helsinki
- Broad Institute of Harvard University and MIT
- Equip Health
- Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, Newark
- Sveučilište u Splitu
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
- Oberberg Fachklinik
- Università degli studi di Padova
- Altrecht Mental Health Institute
- LVR-Universitätsklinik Essen
- Seattle University
- Université de Nantes
- University of Medical Sciences Poznan
- Stanford University
- Reinier van Arkel Group
- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
- Deutsches Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit (DZPG)
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Abstract
Eating disorders -including anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder-are clinically distinct but exhibit symptom overlap and diagnostic crossover. Genomic analyses have mostly examined AN. We conducted the first genomic meta-analysis of binge eating behaviour (BE; 39,279 cases, 1,227,436 controls), alongside new analyses of AN (24,223 cases, 1,243,971 controls) and its subtypes (all European ancestries). We identified six loci associated with BE, including loci associated with higher body mass index (BMI) and impulse-control behaviours. AN GWAS yielded eight loci, validating six loci. Subsequent polygenic risk score analysis demonstrated an association with AN in two East Asian ancestry cohorts. BE and AN exhibited similar positive genetic correlations with psychiatric disorders, but opposing genetic correlations with anthropometric traits. Most of the genetic signal in BE and AN was not shared with BMI. We have extended eating disorder genomics beyond AN; future work will incorporate multiple diagnoses and global ancestries.
Details
| Originalsprache | Englisch |
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| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 8 Mai 2025 |
Externe IDs
| PubMedCentral | PMC12083633 |
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| ORCID | /0000-0003-2132-4445/work/188858302 |
| ORCID | /0000-0001-8333-867X/work/188860284 |