Heritability of bipolar disoder estimated from twin studies

Range 0.7-0.8 unitless
Organism Human Homo sapiens
Reference Harrison PJ, Geddes JR, Tunbridge EM. The Emerging Neurobiology of Bipolar Disorder. Trends Neurosci. 2018 Jan41(1):18-30. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.10.006 p.18 bottom paragraphPubMed ID29169634
Primary Source [1] Craddock N, Sklar P. Genetics of bipolar disorder. Lancet. 2013 May 11 381(9878):1654-62. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60855-7PubMed ID23663951
Comments P.18 bottom paragraph: "A child of an affected parent has about a tenfold increased risk of developing BD (bipolar disorder), and twin studies estimate a heritability of 0.7–0.8 [primary source]."
Entered by Uri M
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