Open AccessThe causal nature of the association between resting pulse in late adolescence and risk for internalizing and externalizing disorders: a co-relative analysis in a national male Swedish sample
Author(s) -
Kenneth S. Kendler,
Sara Larsson Lönn,
Jan Sundquist,
Kristina Sundquist
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.857
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1469-8978
pISSN - 0033-2917
DOI - 10.1017/s0033291720000549
Subject(s) - sibling , population , psychology , relative risk , confounding , dizygotic twin , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , twin study , developmental psychology , confidence interval , genetics , biology , heritability , environmental health
Resting pulse is robustly and inversely associated with the risk for externalizing disorders and may be positively associated with internalizing disorders. We know little about the causal nature of these associations.