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ArticleCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2025

Sex-stratified Genomic Structural Equation Models of Posttraumatic Stress Inform PTSD Etiology: L'utilisation de la modélisation génomique par équations structurelles stratifiée par sexe du stress post-traumatique pour expliquer l'étiologie du TSPT.

Ashley Moo-Choy, Murray B Stein, Joel Gelernter, Frank R Wendt

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Ashley Moo-ChoyDepartment of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3266-2792
Murray B SteinVA San Diego Healthcare System, Psychiatry Service, San Diego, CA, USA.
Joel GelernterDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Frank R WendtDepartment of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863
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Abstract

objectivePosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects 3.9%-5.6% of the worldwide population, with well-documented sex-related differences. While psychosocial and hormonal factors affecting sex differences in PTSD and posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptom etiology have been explored, there has been limited focus on the genetic bases of these differences. Many symptom combinations may confer a PTSD diagnosis. We hypothesized that these symptom combinations have sex-specific patterns, the examination of which could inform etiological differences in PTSD genetics between males and females.

methodsTo investigate this, we performed a sex-stratified multivariate genome-wide association study (GWAS) in unrelated UK Biobank (UKB) individuals of European ancestry. Using GWAS summary association data, genomic structural equation modelling was performed to generate sex-specific factor models using 6 indicator variables: trouble concentrating, feeling distant from others, irritability, disturbing thoughts, upset feelings, and avoidance of places/activities which remind the individual of a traumatic event.

resultsModels of male and female PTSD symptoms differed substantially (local standardized root mean square difference = 3.12) and significantly (χ

conclusionsBy assessing the relationship between sex and PTSD symptoms, this study informs correlative and putatively causal etiological differences between males and females which support further investigation of sex differences in PTSD genetics.

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Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdultFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansLatent Class AnalysisMaleMiddle AgedSex FactorsUnited Kingdomgenomic structural equation modelsposttraumatic stressPTSDsex differences

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PMID39654303
PMCPMC11629358

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