A Genetic Investigation of Sex Bias in the Prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

2017196 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Joanna Martin · Broad Institute

Raymond K. Walters · Broad Institute

Ditte Demontis · Aarhus University

Manuel Mattheisen · Aarhus University

Sang Lee · The University of Queensland

Elise Robinson · Broad Institute

Isabell Brikell ·

Abstract

Overall, this study supports a greater familial burden of risk in female individuals with ADHD and some clinical and etiological heterogeneity, based on epidemiological analyses. However, molecular genetic analyses suggest that autosomal common variants largely do not explain the sex bias in ADHD prevalence.

Topics & Keywords

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Cognitive Abilities and Testing

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Biological Psychiatry

Volume 83, Issue 12, pp. 1044-1053

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.026

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