{"id":1118611,"date":"2023-10-16T06:42:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T10:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/uncategorized\/consistent-effects-of-the-genetics-of-happiness-across-the-lifespan-nature-com\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T06:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T10:42:19","slug":"consistent-effects-of-the-genetics-of-happiness-across-the-lifespan-nature-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/human-genetics\/consistent-effects-of-the-genetics-of-happiness-across-the-lifespan-nature-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Consistent effects of the genetics of happiness across the lifespan &#8230; &#8211; Nature.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Cohorts, genotyping and phenotyping        Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD)        ABCD cohort description    <\/p>\n<p>    The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) cohort is a    longitudinal study of brain development and child    health7. Investigators at    21 sites around the USA conducted repeated assessments of brain    maturation in the context of social, emotional, and cognitive    development, as well as a variety of health and environmental    outcomes. We analysed data from release 3.0. At the time of the    survey questions, the children ranged in age from 9 to 12    years. Informed written consent was provided by parents and    assent was provided by children. The ABCD research protocol    approved was approved by the Institutional Review Board of    University of California San Diego (IRB#    160091)16.  <\/p>\n<p>    Data used in the preparation of this article were obtained from    the Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentSM (ABCD) Study    (<a href=\"https:\/\/abcdstudy.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/abcdstudy.org<\/a>),    held in the NIMH Data Archive (NDA). This is a multisite,    longitudinal study designed to recruit more than 10,000    children age 910 and follow them over 10 years into early    adulthood. The ABCD Study is supported by the    National Institutes of Health and additional federal partners    under award numbers U01DA041048, U01DA050989, U01DA051016,    U01DA041022, U01DA051018, U01DA051037, U01DA050987,    U01DA041174, U01DA041106, U01DA041117, U01DA041028,    U01DA041134, U01DA050988, U01DA051039, U01DA041156,    U01DA041025, U01DA041120, U01DA051038, U01DA041148,    U01DA041093, U01DA041089, U24DA041123, U24DA041147. A full list    of supporters is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/abcdstudy.org\/federal-partners.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/abcdstudy.org\/federal-partners.html<\/a>.    A listing of participating sites and a complete listing of the    study investigators can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/abcdstudy.org\/consortium_members\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/abcdstudy.org\/consortium_members\/<\/a>.    ABCD consortium investigators designed and implemented the    study and\/or provided data but did not necessarily participate    in the analysis or writing of this report. This manuscript    reflects the views of the authors and may not reflect the    opinions or views of the NIH or ABCD consortium investigators.  <\/p>\n<p>    The ABCD data repository grows and changes over time. The ABCD    data used in this report came from <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15154\/1526432\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15154\/1526432<\/a>)    DOIs can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.15154\/1526432\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.15154\/1526432<\/a>.    All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant    guidelines and regulations.  <\/p>\n<p>    DNA was extracted from saliva samples of the ABCD    participants17. These samples    were genotyped on the Affymetrix NIDA SmokeScreen Array    (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, USA). The QC procedures are    described in full at the following URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15154\/1503209\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15154\/1503209<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>    ABCD genetic principal components (GPCs) were created using    genotyped only SNPs using plink-pca flag.  <\/p>\n<p>    A set of questions taken from the ABCD Youth NIH Toolbox    Positive Affect Items was used. These questions measured    aspects of positive emotions and affective well-being in the    past week, specifically being attentive, delighted, calm,    relaxed, enthusiastic, interested, confident, energetic and    able to concentrate. Responses were measured as not true,    somewhat true or very true. Each item was analysed    separately as well as a combined score that was the sum of    responses to the individual questions. In addition to the    happiness PGS the models were adjusted for age, sex, and    principal genetic components (PGCs) 18.  <\/p>\n<p>    As the initial UK Biobank GWAS was run in the white British    sub-group, testing was performed firstly in the white (as    defined by ABCD) participants and secondly in the whole sample,    with ancestry treated as a factor variable. The other ancestral    backgrounds of this cohort as defined by ABCD are; White,    Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Other (Table S6).  <\/p>\n<p>    Creation of the derived MRI variables from the ABCD cohort has    been described in detail elsewhere18. For the purposes    of this study, total frontal lobe volume was derived by summing    the 22 frontal lobe subsection variables of the left and right    hemisphere19. Additionally, we    looked at total grey and white matter volume and left and right    hippocampus volume. The hippocampal body and tail regions and    white matter hyperintensity volume were not available for    replication. All outcomes were transformed into z scores and    all models were adjusted for the happiness PGS, age, sex, PGCs    18, and MRI site. For models that included participants from    different ancestries, a factor variable for ancestry was    included (Table S7). Models were    weighted to match the American community survey (ACS) data by    the weighting variable acs raked propensity score.    Relationship filtering was also performed removing one    individual at random from any pair of participants with valid    phenotypes, who were determined to be related by ABCD.  <\/p>\n<p>    Add Health is a nationally representative cohort study of more    than 20,000 adolescents from the USA who were aged 1219 years    at baseline assessment in 199495. They have been followed    through adolescence and into adulthood with five in-home    interviews in five waves (IV) conducted in 1995, 1996,    20012002, 20082009 and 20162018. In this analysis,    participants ranged from 24.3 to 34.7 years old, 53% were    female and 62% were non-Hispanic white. The study was approved    by the University of California San Diego Institutional Review    Board (IRB #190002XX). Informed consent was obtained from all    subjects.  <\/p>\n<p>    Saliva samples were obtained as part of the Wave IV data    collection. Two Illumina arrays were used for genotyping, with    approximately 80% of the sample genotyped with the Illumina    Omni1-Quad BeadChip and the remainder of the group genotyped    with the Illumina Omni2.5-Quad BeadChip. After quality control,    genotyped data were available for 9974 individuals (7917 from    the Omni1 chip and 2057 from the Omni2 chip) on 609,130 SNPs    present on both genotyping arrays20. Imputation was    performed separately for European ancestry (imputed using the    HRC reference panel) and non-European ancestry samples (imputed    using the 1000 Genomes Phase 3 reference    panel)21. For more    information on the genotyping and quality control procedures    see the Add Health GWAS QC report online at:     <a href=\"https:\/\/addhealth.cpc.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/docs\/user_guides\/AH_GWAS_QC.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/addhealth.cpc.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/docs\/user_guides\/AH_GWAS_QC.pdf<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>    Add Health Genetic Principal components (variable name pspcN,    where N is the number of the PC) were derived centrally by Add    Health. To prevent identification of individuals they are    randomly reordered in sets of 5, i.e. PCs 15 were reordered so    PC1 was may not be the PC with the largest variance. We    adjusted models for the first 2 sets of PCs i.e. GPCs 110.  <\/p>\n<p>    The outcome happiness variable was collected during the at-home    interview of Wave IV and was derived from the response to the    question: How often was the following true during the past    seven days? You felt happy. Responses were given as: never or    rarely; sometimes; a lot of the time; most of the time or    all of the time; refused; don't know. Those who responded    with the latter two options were excluded. Remaining categories    were coded from never=0 to all of the time=3.  <\/p>\n<p>    Ancestry in Add Health is defined in the psancest variable as    European, African, Hispanic and East Asian (Table    S8). Additionally,    Add Health provides a weighting variable to make the results    reflective of the US population. In these analyses the models    were weighted by the Wave IV variable gswgt4_2.  <\/p>\n<p>    UK Biobank is a cohort of over half a million UK residents,    aged from approximately 4070 years at baseline. It was created    to study environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors in middle    and older age22. Baseline    assessments occurred over a 4-year period, from 2006 to 2010,    across 22 UK centres. These assessments were comprehensive and    included social, cognitive, lifestyle and physical health    measures.  <\/p>\n<p>    UK Biobank obtained informed consent from all participants, and    this study was conducted under generic approval from the NHS    National Research Ethics Service (approval letter dated 29 June    2021, Ref 21\/NW\/0157) and under UK Biobank approvals for    application #71392 Investigating complex relationships between    genetics, exposures, biomarkers, endophenotypes and    cardiometabolic, inflammatory, immune and brain-related health    outcomes (PI Rona Strawbridge; GWAS)#17689 (PI Donald Lyall;    imaging).  <\/p>\n<p>    In March 2018, UK Biobank released genetic data for 487,409    individuals, genotyped using the Affymetrix UK BiLEVE Axiom or    the Affymetrix UK Biobank Axiom arrays (Santa Clara, CA, USA)    containing over 95% common content. Pre-imputation quality    control, imputation and post-imputation cleaning were conducted    centrally by UK Biobank (described in the UK Biobank release    documentation)23.  <\/p>\n<p>    Several structural and functional brain MRI measures are    available in UK Biobank as imaging derived phenotypes    (IDPs)24. The brain imaging    data, as of January 2021, were used (N=47,920). Participants    were excluded if they had responded to either of the happiness    questions used for the GWAS meta-analysis, were missing more    than 10% of their genetic data, if their self-reported sex did    not match their genetic sex, if they were determined by UK    Biobank to be heterozygosity outliers, and if they were not of    white British ancestry (classified by UK Biobank based on    self-report and genetic principal    components)23.  <\/p>\n<p>    Brain imaging data used here were processed and quality-checked    by UK Biobank and we made use of the IDPs25,26. Details of the UK    Biobank imaging acquisition and processing, including    structural segmentation and white matter diffusion processing,    are freely available from three sources: the UK Biobank    protocol: <a href=\"http:\/\/biobank.ctsu.ox.ac.uk\/crystal\/refer.cgi?id=2367\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/biobank.ctsu.ox.ac.uk\/crystal\/refer.cgi?id=2367<\/a>    and documentation: <a href=\"http:\/\/biobank.ctsu.ox.ac.uk\/crystal\/refer.cgi?id=1977\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/biobank.ctsu.ox.ac.uk\/crystal\/refer.cgi?id=1977<\/a>    and in protocol publications (<a href=\"https:\/\/biobank.ctsu.ox.ac.uk\/crystal\/docs\/brain_mri.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/biobank.ctsu.ox.ac.uk\/crystal\/docs\/brain_mri.pdf<\/a>).  <\/p>\n<p>    We investigated key imaging substrates previously associated    with psychological health e.g., mood disorder, cognitive    health. Total white matter hyperintensity volumes were    calculated on the basis of T1 and T2 fluid-attenuated inversion    recovery, derived by UK Biobank. White matter hyperintensity    volumes were log-transformed due to a positively skewed    distribution. We constructed general factors of white matter    tract integrity using principal component analysis. The two    separate unrotated factors used were fractional anisotropy    (FA), gFA, and mean diffusivity (MD), gMD, previously shown to    explain 54% and 58% of variance,    respectively27. We constructed a    general factor of frontal lobe grey matter volume using 16    subregional volumes as per Ferguson et al.27. Total grey matter    and white matter volumes were corrected for skull size (by UK    Biobank). Models were adjusted for the happiness PGS, age, sex,    PGCs 18.  <\/p>\n<p>    LDpred28 established the LD    structure of the genome using a reference panel of 1000    unrelated white British UK Biobank participants (the PGS    training set). These participants had not been used in the    discovery GWAS or have valid MRI data and passed the same QC as    described above. SNPs were excluded if they had MAF<0.01,    had HWE P<1  106 or had imputation    score<0.8. Scores were then created in the validation set    using an infinitesimal model. Models using polygenic scores    (PGS) derived using LDpred were adjusted for age, sex,    genotyping array and the first eight GPCs.  <\/p>\n<p>    Due to the lower cohort size of ABCD and Add Health, it would    not have been possible to remove 1000 participants from the    analyses to use as a training set without markedly reducing the    power of the analyses. Therefore, we used the same 1000    unrelated UK Biobank participants as the training set to    establish LD and this was used to generate the PGS for the    participants in these datasets29. The only    additional step was to find the SNPs that were found in both    the training (UK Biobank) and validation (ABCD and Add Health)    datasets and passed the same SNP filtering criteria in both    datasets, with an additional filter that MAF threshold was set    at>0.0130. The number of    SNPs in each LDpred PGS can be found in supplementary table    (S9).  <\/p>\n<p>    For each pair of related individuals (as determined by ABCD    using variables genetic paired subjected 14) one participant    was excluded at random. Models were adjusted for age at    interview, sex and the first 10 GPCs. For multi-ancestry    models, ancestry was treated as a factor variable.  <\/p>\n<p>    p values for analyses were false discovery rate    (FDR)-adjusted31.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-023-43193-9\" title=\"Consistent effects of the genetics of happiness across the lifespan ... - Nature.com\" rel=\"noopener\">Consistent effects of the genetics of happiness across the lifespan ... - Nature.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Cohorts, genotyping and phenotyping Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) ABCD cohort description The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) cohort is a longitudinal study of brain development and child health7. Investigators at 21 sites around the USA conducted repeated assessments of brain maturation in the context of social, emotional, and cognitive development, as well as a variety of health and environmental outcomes. We analysed data from release 3.0.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/human-genetics\/consistent-effects-of-the-genetics-of-happiness-across-the-lifespan-nature-com\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1118611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1118611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}