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Assessment of causality between computer game playing and neuropsychiatric disorders: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.

Kangming Huo, Yinping Liu, Zhongwen Zhang

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Kangming HuoSchool of Public Health, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Yinping LiuSchool of Public Health, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Zhongwen ZhangSchool of Public Health, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9248-7378

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Introduction: Clinical studies indicated that computer games improve various aspects of physical function in different patients. However, research on the prevention of neuropsychiatric disorders through computer games is still insufficient. We utilized Mendelian randomization (MR) to assess whether there are the causal associations between playing computer games and schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar disorder (BP), depression, panic disorder (PD), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods: We utilized summary statistics from genome-wide association studies of computer game playing and neuropsychiatric disorders. Inverse variance weighted (IVW) method was used as the primary analysis approach to perform bidirectional two-sample MR analysis on the data. Cochran Q test, MR-Egger intercept analysis, and leave-one-out method were used to perform sensitivity analysis to assess the reliability of the analysis results. Results: Findings revealed that computer gaming significantly lowers the risk of SCZ (IVW: odds ratio [OR] = 0.066, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.013-0.327, p = 8.885 × 10 Conclusion: Our study emphasizes the potential of computer games in the prevention of various neuropsychiatric disorders, providing new perspectives and references for the prevention of neuropsychiatric disorders.

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Alzheimer's diseasebipolar disordercausalitydepressionMendelian randomizationpanic disorderPlay computer gamesschizophrenia

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PMID40308813
PMCPMC12041719

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