Table 1 PheWAS of the FTO gene reveals associations with psychiatric traits related to substance use, chronotype/sleep, well-being, and neuroticism.

From: Examining the association between the FTO gene and neuroticism reveals indirect effects on subjective well-being and problematic alcohol use

Trait

P-valuea

Nb

Categoryc

Average weekly beer plus cider intake

3.12E-21

274,556

Substance Use

Chronotype

7.52E-21

449,732

Chronotype/sleep

Morningness

3.94E-18

345,552

Chronotype/sleep

Morning/evening person (chronotype)

9.08E-18

345,148

Chronotype/sleep

Morning person (binary)

5.11E-17

403,195

Chronotype/sleep

Sleep duration

6.17E-14

384,225

Chronotype/sleep

Sleep duration

6.97E-14

446,118

Chronotype/sleep

Sleep duration

1.45E-13

384,317

Chronotype/sleep

Alcohol intake frequency

5.15E-13

386,082

Substance Use

Ease of getting up in the morning

2.78E-10

385,949

Chronotype/sleep

Getting up in morning

4.15E-10

385,494

Chronotype/sleep

Snoring

1.71E-09

359,916

Chronotype/sleep

Snoring

2.69E-09

359,498

Chronotype/sleep

Depression—Recent poor appetite or overeating

1.07E-08

126,639

Metabolic domain

Long sleep

8.62E-08

339,926

Chronotype/sleep

Ever smoker

2.61E-07

518,633

Substance Use

Drinks per day

4.26E-07

537,349

Substance Use

Alcohol dependence

5.15E-07

2322

Substance Use

Happiness and subjective well-being—General happiness with own health

5.85E-07

126,477

Well-being

Drinks per week

9.08E-07

414,343

Substance Use

10 mg response to amphetamine

3.8017E-06

381

Substance Use

Sleep duration (mean)

8.7287E-06

85,449

Chronotype/sleep

Irritability

9.2669E-06

369,232

Neuroticism

Past tobacco smoking‡‡

2.1418E-05

355,594

Substance Use

Ever smoked‡‡

3.5718E-05

385,013

Substance Use

Neuroticism‡‡

3.958E-05

390,278

Neuroticism

  1. Traits from the psychiatric domain that passed the Bonferroni corrected P-value of 6.32e-5.
  2. ‡‡Traits from the psychiatric domain that did not pass the more stringent Bonferroni corrected P-value of 1.514e-5.
  3. aP-values are ranked from lowest to highest.
  4. bTotal sample size in respective GWAS.
  5. cTraits were classified into four psychiatric categories, i.e., substance use, chronotype/sleep, well-being, and neuroticism. One depression-related symptom (i.e., recent poor appetite or overeating) was attributed to the metabolic domain given its relationship to caloric intake.