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Researchers Identify New Gene Regions Associated with Insomnia

Lane et al identified 57 loci for self-reported insomnia symptoms in the UK Biobank (n = 453,379) and confirmed their effects on self-reported insomnia symptoms in the HUNT Study (n = 14,923 cases and 47,610 controls), physician-diagnosed insomnia in the Partners Biobank (n = 2,217 cases and 14,240 controls), and accelerometer-derived measures of sleep efficiency and sleep duration in the UK Biobank (n = 83,726). Image credit: Medical Gallery of Mikael Häggström, 2014 / WikiJournal of Medicine, doi: 10.15347/wjm/2014.008.
Mar 11, 2019 by News Staff

Insomnia is a common disorder linked with adverse long-term medical and psychiatric outcomes. It affects 10-20% of adults, and several twin and family studies suggested that about a third of the risk of insomnia is inherited. Now a team of scientists from the University of Exeter and Massachusetts General Hospital has identified 57 new gene regions associated with symptoms of insomnia. Lane et al identified 57 loci for self-reported insomnia symptoms...

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