Association of polygenic risk scores and hair cortisol with mental health trajectories during COVID lockdown.


Journal

Translational psychiatry
ISSN: 2158-3188
Titre abrégé: Transl Psychiatry
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101562664

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
21 09 2022
Historique:
received: 01 04 2022
accepted: 08 09 2022
revised: 06 09 2022
entrez: 21 9 2022
pubmed: 22 9 2022
medline: 24 9 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global stressor with inter-individually differing influences on mental health trajectories. Polygenic Risk Scores (PRSs) for psychiatric phenotypes are associated with individual mental health predispositions. Elevated hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) and high PRSs are related to negative mental health outcomes. We analyzed whether PRSs and HCC are related to different mental health trajectories during the first COVID lockdown in Germany. Among 523 participants selected from the longitudinal resilience assessment study (LORA), we previously reported three subgroups (acute dysfunction, delayed dysfunction, resilient) based on weekly mental health (GHQ-28) assessment during COVID lockdown. DNA from blood was collected at the baseline of the original LORA study (n = 364) and used to calculate the PRSs of 12 different psychopathological phenotypes. An explorative bifactor model with Schmid-Leiman transformation was calculated to extract a general genetic factor for psychiatric disorders. Hair samples were collected quarterly prior to the pandemic for determining HCC (n = 192). Bivariate logistic regressions were performed to test the associations of HCC and the PRS factors with the reported trajectories. The bifactor model revealed 1 general factor and 4 sub-factors. Results indicate a significant association between increased values on the general risk factor and the allocation to the acute dysfunction class. The same was found for elevated HCC and the exploratorily tested sub-factor "childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorders". Genetic risk and long-term cortisol secretion as a potential indicator of stress, indicated by PRSs and HCC, respectively, predicted different mental health trajectories. Results indicate a potential for future studies on risk prediction.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36130942
doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-02165-9
pii: 10.1038/s41398-022-02165-9
pmc: PMC9490720
doi:

Substances chimiques

Hydrocortisone WI4X0X7BPJ

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

396

Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Kira F Ahrens (KF)

Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Frankfurt, Germany. kira.ahrens@kgu.de.

Rebecca J Neumann (RJ)

Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Frankfurt, Germany.

Nina M von Werthern (NM)

Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Frankfurt, Germany.

Thorsten M Kranz (TM)

Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Frankfurt, Germany.

Bianca Kollmann (B)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany.

Björn Mattes (B)

Institute of Psychology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.

Lara M C Puhlmann (LMC)

Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany.

Danuta Weichert (D)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

Beat Lutz (B)

Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany.
Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

Ulrike Basten (U)

Department of Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Brain Imaging Center, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.

Christian J Fiebach (CJ)

Department of Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Brain Imaging Center, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.

Michèle Wessa (M)

Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany.
Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Institute for Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

Raffael Kalisch (R)

Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany.
Neuroimaging Center (NIC), Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

Klaus Lieb (K)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany.

Andreas G Chiocchetti (AG)

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.

Oliver Tüscher (O)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany.

Andreas Reif (A)

Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Frankfurt, Germany.

Michael M Plichta (MM)

Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Frankfurt, Germany.

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