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Journal Article
Neural–genetic–environmental evidence for a disease factor in mental and physical health multimorbidity
2025
Overview
Increasing evidence reveals the presence of multimorbidity across physical and mental disorders. A general disease factor (
d
factor) has been recently identified to capture the shared liability across these conditions, yet its biological basis remains poorly understood. Here, using data from the UK Biobank, we reveal the
d
factor’s neural, genetic, and environmental underpinnings. We show that the
d
factor is associated with extreme negative deviations in grey matter volume and white matter microstructure. A genome-wide association study identifies its genetic loci and correlations with unhealthy lifestyle, anthropometric measures, and mood-related phenotypes. Furthermore, Mendelian randomization suggests a causal effect of living environmental deprivation on the
d
factor. Mediation analysis further reveals that the
d
factor links this environmental adversity to individual differences in brain structure. Our findings establish a multi-level biological characterization of general disease liability, connecting environmental, genetic, and neural factors and inform transdiagnostic approaches to prevention and treatment.
Many physical and mental disorders share common risk factors captured by a general disease factor. Here, the authors identify the neural, genetic, and environmental bases of this factor, linking environmental deprivation to brain structure and multimorbidity risk.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
Subject
/ 631/208
/ 631/378
/ 692/499
/ 692/699
/ Adult
/ Aged
/ Biobanks
/ Brain
/ Disease
/ Female
/ Gene-Environment Interaction
/ Genetic Predisposition to Disease
/ Genome-wide association studies
/ Genome-Wide Association Study
/ Genomes
/ Gray Matter - diagnostic imaging
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Humans
/ Male
/ Mendelian Randomization Analysis
/ Mental Disorders - epidemiology
/ Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
/ Science
/ Structural equation modeling
