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ArticleJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2022

Association of polygenic risk scores, traumatic life events and coping strategies with war-related PTSD diagnosis and symptom severity in the South Eastern Europe (SEE)-PTSD cohort.

Heike Weber, Adam X Maihofer, Nenad Jaksic, Elma Feric Bojic, Sabina Kucukalic, Emina Sabic Dzananovic, Aferdita Goci Uka, Blerina Hoxha, Valdete Haxhibeqiri, Shpend Haxhibeqiri and 21 more

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31 authors at 12 institutions in 5 countries.

Heike WeberDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Centre of Mental Health, Julius-Maximilians-University, Margarete-Höppel-Platz 1, 97080, Würzburg, Germany. Weber_H2@ukw.de.ORCID 0000-0002-9421-1292
Adam X MaihoferDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Nenad JaksicDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Elma Feric BojicDepartment for Genetic and Biotechnology, International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sabina KucukalicDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Emina Sabic DzananovicDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Aferdita Goci UkaDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Blerina HoxhaDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Valdete HaxhibeqiriDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Shpend HaxhibeqiriInstitute of Kosovo Forensic Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Nermina KravicDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mirnesa Muminovic UmihanicCommunity Health Center, Zivinice, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ana Cima FrancDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Romana BabicDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Marko PavlovicDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Alma Bravo MehmedbasicDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Branka Aukst-MargeticDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospital Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Abdulah KucukalicDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Damir MarjanovicDepartment for Genetic and Biotechnology, International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dragan BabicDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Nada BozinaDepartment of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Miro JakovljevicDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Osman SinanovicDepartment of Neurology, University Clinical Center of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Esmina AvdibegovićDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ferid AganiFaculty of Medicine, University Hasan Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Bodo WarringsDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Centre of Mental Health, Julius-Maximilians-University, Margarete-Höppel-Platz 1, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
Katharina DomschkeDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Caroline M NievergeltDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Jürgen DeckertDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Centre of Mental Health, Julius-Maximilians-University, Margarete-Höppel-Platz 1, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
Alma Dzubur-KulenovicDepartment of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Angelika ErhardtDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Centre of Mental Health, Julius-Maximilians-University, Margarete-Höppel-Platz 1, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
University of Sarajevo · BAUniversity Clinical Center of Kosovo · XKUniversity Hospital Centre Zagreb · HRUniversity Clinical Center Tuzla · BAUniversity of California San Diego · USInstitute for Anthropological Research · HRInternational Burch University · BAMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry · DESisters of Charity Hospital · HRUniversity of Freiburg · DEUniversity of Prishtina · XKUniversity of Würzburg · DE

Funding

Psychiatric Genomics Consortium for PTSDR01MH106595 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KARESTAN C KOENEN, Caroline M Nievergelt · 2016 to 2026
$8.4M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH106595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is triggered by extremely stressful environmental events and characterized by high emotional distress, re-experiencing of trauma, avoidance and hypervigilance. The present study uses polygenic risk scores (PRS) derived from the UK Biobank (UKBB) mega-cohort analysis as part of the PGC PTSD GWAS effort to determine the heritable basis of PTSD in the South Eastern Europe (SEE)-PTSD cohort. We further analyzed the relation between PRS and additional disease-related variables, such as number and intensity of life events, coping, sex and age at war on PTSD and CAPS as outcome variables.

methodsAssociation of PRS, number and intensity of life events, coping, sex and age on PTSD were calculated using logistic regression in a total of 321 subjects with current and remitted PTSD and 337 controls previously subjected to traumatic events but not having PTSD. In addition, PRS and other disease-related variables were tested for association with PTSD symptom severity, measured by the Clinician Administrated PTSD Scale (CAPS) by liner regression. To assess the relationship between the main outcomes PTSD diagnosis and symptom severity, each of the examined variables was adjusted for all other PTSD related variables.

resultsThe categorical analysis showed significant polygenic risk in patients with remitted PTSD and the total sample, whereas no effects were found on symptom severity. Intensity of life events as well as the individual coping style were significantly associated with PTSD diagnosis in both current and remitted cases. The dimensional analyses showed as association of war-related frequency of trauma with symptom severity, whereas the intensity of trauma yielded significant results independently of trauma timing in current PTSD.

conclusionsThe present PRS application in the SEE-PTSD cohort confirms modest but significant polygenic risk for PTSD diagnosis. Environmental factors, mainly the intensity of traumatic life events and negative coping strategies, yielded associations with PTSD both categorically and dimensionally with more significant p-values. This suggests that, at least in the present cohort of war-related trauma, the association of environmental factors and current individual coping strategies with PTSD psychopathology was stronger than the polygenic risk.

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Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdaptation, PsychologicalEmotionsEurope, EasternHumansRisk FactorsCAPSCoping styleLife eventsPolygenic risk scorePTSD

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PMID34837533
PMCPMC9188618
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