Open AccessA Population-Based Twin Study of Lifetime Major Depression in Men and Women
Author(s) -
Kenneth S. Kendler,
Carol A. Prescott
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.56.1.39
Subject(s) - concordance , demography , heritability , dizygotic twin , odds ratio , depression (economics) , twin study , population , confidence interval , psychology , medicine , biology , genetics , macroeconomics , sociology , economics
Women report higher rates of major depression (MD) than men. Although genetic factors play an important etiologic role in MD, we are uncertain whether genetic factors are of equal importance in men and women, and whether the same genetic factors predispose men and women to MD.
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