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Neuropsychiatric symptoms in siblings of children with Tourette syndrome in the EMTICS study.

Olga Sidiropoulou, Jennifer Glaus, Julie Hagstrøm, Setareh Ranjbar, Renata Rizzo, EMTICS collaborative group, Pieter J Hoekstra, Andrea Dietrich, Kerstin J Plessen

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Olga SidiropoulouDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland.
Jennifer GlausDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland.
Julie HagstrømChild and Adolescent Mental Health Center Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4337-307X
Setareh RanjbarCenter for Research in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Department of Psychiatry Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland.
Renata RizzoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry Catania University Catania Italy.
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Pieter J HoekstraDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Andrea DietrichDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Kerstin J PlessenDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5233-6145

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Abstract

Background: Tourette syndrome (TS) is associated with neuropsychiatric comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Even though comorbidities are the main source of impairment in individuals with TS, family aggregation between TS and other neuropsychiatric disorders has been little explored. We therefore investigated associations of tic severity in probands with symptoms of ASD, ADHD, and ODD in their siblings and the influence of tic severity, age, and sex. Methods: The sample of the present study stems from the European Multicenter Tics in Children Study (EMTICS), a longitudinal observational study, with the present subsample of 196 probands with TS and their 220 full siblings (54.1% girls). We analyzed associations of probands' tic severity with ASD, ADHD, and ODD symptoms in their siblings using generalized linear mixed-effect negative binomial regression models. Results: Higher tic severity in probands was associated with higher scores of ASD symptoms in their siblings (IRR = 1.48, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.03-2.12, Conclusions: This multicenter study demonstrated a link between probands' current tic severity and siblings' neuropsychiatric symptoms. Our study suggests a familial link between TS and ASD-like symptoms, competencies as well as sex-specific associations with ADHD and ODD symptoms in female siblings. The current study sheds light on a broader family tendency and highlights the need for targeted prevention in this vulnerable population. Our findings, however, call for further studies to better understand the genetic and environmental aggregation of influences between individuals with TS, ADHD, and ODD and their siblings.

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ADHDautism spectrum disorderODDsiblingsTourette syndrome

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PMCPMC12446703

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