Interaction of marital status and genetic risk for symptoms of depression

Andrew C. Heath; Lindon J. Eaves; Nicholas G. Martin

doi:10.1375/twin.1.3.119

Interaction of marital status and genetic risk for symptoms of depression

Andrew C. Heath
, Lindon J. Eaves
, Nicholas G. Martin

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Abstract

Depression scores (DSSI) were available for 1232 MZ and 751 DZ female twin pairs who completed a mailed questionnaire. Pairs were divided into those concordant for being in a marriage-like state, concordant for having no partners, and those discordant. The pattern of twin correlations differed according to marital status. Our results suggest that having a marriage-like relationship acts as a protective factor in reducing the impact of inherited liability to symptoms of depression in the general population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119-122
Number of pages	4
Journal	Twin Research
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1375/twin.1.3.119
State	Published - 1998

Keywords

Genotype environment interaction
Marital status
Twins
depression

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