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The Genetic Overlap of Type 2 Diabetes and Depression – Finding From the Swedish Twin Registry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

C. Kan ,
N.L. Pedersen ,
J.L. MacCabe ,
K. Ismail  and
F. Rijsdijk
C. Kan
Affiliation:
Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom
N.L. Pedersen
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J.L. MacCabe
Affiliation:
Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom
K. Ismail
Affiliation:
Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom
F. Rijsdijk
Affiliation:
Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

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Introduction

A bidirectional association between type 2 diabetes and depression has been consistently reported. It is associated with worse biomedical outcomes and increased mortality. One possible question is whether the co-occurrence of type 2 diabetes and depression is due to genetic and/or environmental vulnerabilities in common to the two traits.

Aims

To examine the genetic relationship between type 2 diabetes and depression at a population level.

Objectives

To quantify the genetic overlap between type 2 diabetes and depression using the Swedish Twin Registry.

Method

The study included 43,565 twin pairs (12,363 monozygotic pairs and 31,202 dizygotic pairs). The primary outcomes were lifetime diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and depression from the Swedish National Hospital Discharge Registry. Standard bivariate twin models were fitted to the raw data to estimate the genetic and environmental (co)variance of the two traits.

Results

Heritability estimates for lifetime diagnoses of type 2 diabetes and depression were similar to previous estimates, at 77% and 42% respectively. The phenotypic correlation between type 2 diabetes and depression was 0.14 (95%CI: 0.11-0.17), of which 58% was due to shared genetic influences. When covariates (age and gender) were included, the genetic contribution to the phenotypic correlation reduced to 51%.

Conclusion

This is the first study to demonstrate a small but significant genetic overlap between type 2 diabetes and depression at a population level, using hospital-registry records.

Type
Article: 0292
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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