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ArticleBiological psychiatry global open science2026

Exploring the Genetic Overlap Between Metabolic Traits and Anorexia Nervosa.

Danielle M Adams, Murray J Cairns

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Danielle M AdamsCentre for Complex Disease and Precision Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.
Murray J CairnsCentre for Complex Disease and Precision Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.

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Abstract

Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder with complex biology that remains largely uncharacterized. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified genetic associations between metabolic traits and AN that may relate to the underlying pathophysiology of the condition. Moreover, observational studies have identified evidence of dysregulated metabolic traits in AN, with emerging evidence suggesting that some of these findings are also observed in weight-restored individuals. While there is evidence for putative shared genetic factors linking metabolic traits and AN, the biology underpinning these genetic relationships has not been thoroughly investigated. Methods: To further explore shared genetic architecture between metabolic traits and AN with regional specificity, we investigated spatially localized genetic correlation and Bayesian colocalization between 6 metabolic traits (body mass index, high-density lipoprotein, leptin, fasting insulin, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes) ( Results: Significant local genetic correlation was identified across 60 regions, between genetic liability to AN and one of the 6 metabolic traits, after Benjamini-Hochberg correction. Three of these regions showed strong evidence of colocalization with a shared variant (posterior probability > 0.8), indicating potential functional mechanisms related to the trait associations for high-density lipoprotein and body mass index. Conclusions: Using evidence of local genetic correlation and colocalization, we found independent regions of the genome that may determine the genome-wide genetic correlation between metabolic traits and AN and identified specific shared genes which may assist with our mechanistic understanding of the inherent biological link between AN and metabolites.

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Anorexia nervosaColocalizationLinkage disequilibrium score regressionLocal genetic correlationMetabolic traitsPleiotropy

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PMID41675976
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