Association between polygenic risk scores for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and educational and cognitive outcomes in the general population | Zendy

Evie Stergiakouli | Zendy; Joanna Martin | Zendy; Marian L. Hamshere | Zendy; Jon Heron | Zendy; Beaté St Pourcain | Zendy; Nicholas J. Timpson | Zendy; Anita Thapar | Zendy; George Davey Smith | Zendy

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Association between polygenic risk scores for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and educational and cognitive outcomes in the general population

Author(s) -

Evie Stergiakouli,

Joanna Martin,

Marian L. Hamshere,

Jon Heron,

Beaté St Pourcain,

Nicholas J. Timpson,

Anita Thapar,

George Davey Smith

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyw216

Subject(s) - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , odds ratio , cognition , medicine , population , intelligence quotient , neurocognitive , odds , pediatrics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , logistic regression , environmental health

Children with a diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD) have lower cognitive ability and are at risk of adverse educational outcomes; ADHD genetic risks have been found to predict childhood cognitive ability and other neurodevelopmental traits in the general population; thus genetic risks might plausibly also contribute to cognitive ability later in development and to educational underachievement.

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