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Article: Causal relationships between blood lipids and depression phenotypes: A Mendelian randomisation analysis

TitleCausal relationships between blood lipids and depression phenotypes: A Mendelian randomisation analysis
Authors
KeywordsCausal inference
depression
genome-wide association study
lipids
Mendelian randomisation
Issue Date24-Apr-2020
PublisherCambridge University Press
Citation
Psychological Medicine, 2020, v. 51, n. 14, p. 2357-2369 How to Cite?
Abstract

Background The etiology of depression remains poorly understood. Changes in blood lipid levels were reported to be associated with depression and suicide, however study findings were mixed. Methods We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis to investigate the causal relationship between blood lipids and depression phenotypes, based on large-scale GWAS summary statistics (N = 188 577/480 359 for lipid/depression traits respectively). Five depression-related phenotypes were included, namely major depression (MD; from PGC), depressive symptoms (DS; from SSGAC), longest duration and number of episodes of low mood, and history of deliberate self-harm (DSH)/suicide (from UK Biobank). MR was conducted with inverse-variance weighted (MR-IVW), Egger and Generalised Summary-data-based MR (GSMR) methods. Results There was consistent evidence that triglyceride (TG) is causally associated with DS (MR-IVW β for one-s.d. increase in TG = 0.0346, 95% CI 0.0114-0.0578), supported by MR-IVW and GSMR and multiple r2 clumping thresholds. We also observed relatively consistent associations of TG with DSH/suicide (MR-Egger OR = 2.514, CI 1.579-4.003). There was moderate evidence for positive associations of TG with MD and the number of episodes of low mood. For HDL-c, we observed moderate evidence for causal associations with DS and MD. LDL-c and TC did not show robust causal relationships with depression phenotypes, except for weak evidence that LDL-c is inversely related to DSH/suicide. We did not detect significant associations when depression phenotypes were treated as exposures. Conclusions This study provides evidence to a causal relationship between TG, and to a lesser extent, altered cholesterol levels with depression phenotypes. Further studies on its mechanistic basis and the effects of lipid-lowering therapies are warranted.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/347812
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2023 Impact Factor: 5.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.768

 

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dc.contributor.authorSo, Hon Cheong-
dc.contributor.authorChau, Carlos Kwan Long-
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Yu Ying-
dc.contributor.authorSham, Pak C-
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-01T00:30:27Z-
dc.date.available2024-10-01T00:30:27Z-
dc.date.issued2020-04-24-
dc.identifier.citationPsychological Medicine, 2020, v. 51, n. 14, p. 2357-2369-
dc.identifier.issn0033-2917-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/347812-
dc.description.abstract<p>Background The etiology of depression remains poorly understood. Changes in blood lipid levels were reported to be associated with depression and suicide, however study findings were mixed. Methods We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis to investigate the causal relationship between blood lipids and depression phenotypes, based on large-scale GWAS summary statistics (N = 188 577/480 359 for lipid/depression traits respectively). Five depression-related phenotypes were included, namely major depression (MD; from PGC), depressive symptoms (DS; from SSGAC), longest duration and number of episodes of low mood, and history of deliberate self-harm (DSH)/suicide (from UK Biobank). MR was conducted with inverse-variance weighted (MR-IVW), Egger and Generalised Summary-data-based MR (GSMR) methods. Results There was consistent evidence that triglyceride (TG) is causally associated with DS (MR-IVW β for one-s.d. increase in TG = 0.0346, 95% CI 0.0114-0.0578), supported by MR-IVW and GSMR and multiple r2 clumping thresholds. We also observed relatively consistent associations of TG with DSH/suicide (MR-Egger OR = 2.514, CI 1.579-4.003). There was moderate evidence for positive associations of TG with MD and the number of episodes of low mood. For HDL-c, we observed moderate evidence for causal associations with DS and MD. LDL-c and TC did not show robust causal relationships with depression phenotypes, except for weak evidence that LDL-c is inversely related to DSH/suicide. We did not detect significant associations when depression phenotypes were treated as exposures. Conclusions This study provides evidence to a causal relationship between TG, and to a lesser extent, altered cholesterol levels with depression phenotypes. Further studies on its mechanistic basis and the effects of lipid-lowering therapies are warranted.</p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherCambridge University Press-
dc.relation.ispartofPsychological Medicine-
dc.subjectCausal inference-
dc.subjectdepression-
dc.subjectgenome-wide association study-
dc.subjectlipids-
dc.subjectMendelian randomisation-
dc.titleCausal relationships between blood lipids and depression phenotypes: A Mendelian randomisation analysis-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0033291720000951-
dc.identifier.pmid32329708-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85083884143-
dc.identifier.volume51-
dc.identifier.issue14-
dc.identifier.spage2357-
dc.identifier.epage2369-
dc.identifier.eissn1469-8978-
dc.identifier.issnl0033-2917-

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