Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties.
Twin studies indicate that the frequent co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and reading difficulties (RD) is largely due to shared genetic influences. Both disorders are associated with multiple cognitive impairments, but it remains unclear which cognitive impai...
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| author | Celeste H M Cheung Alexis C Frazier-Wood Philip Asherson Fruhling Rijsdijk Jonna Kuntsi |
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| description | Twin studies indicate that the frequent co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and reading difficulties (RD) is largely due to shared genetic influences. Both disorders are associated with multiple cognitive impairments, but it remains unclear which cognitive impairments share the aetiological pathway, underlying the co-occurrence of the symptoms. We address this question using a sample of twins aged 7-10 and a range of cognitive measures previously associated with ADHD symptoms or RD.We performed multivariate structural equation modelling analyses on parent and teacher ratings on the ADHD symptom domains of inattention and hyperactivity, parent ratings on RD, and cognitive data on response inhibition (commission errors, CE), reaction time variability (RTV), verbal short-term memory (STM), working memory (WM) and choice impulsivity, from a population sample of 1312 twins aged 7-10 years.Three cognitive processes showed significant phenotypic and genetic associations with both inattention symptoms and RD: RTV, verbal WM and STM. While STM captured only 11% of the shared genetic risk between inattention and RD, the estimates increased somewhat for WM (21%) and RTV (28%); yet most of the genetic sharing between inattention and RD remained unaccounted for in each case.While response inhibition and choice impulsivity did not emerge as important cognitive processes underlying the co-occurrence between ADHD symptoms and RD, RTV and verbal memory processes separately showed significant phenotypic and genetic associations with both inattention symptoms and RD. Future studies employing longitudinal designs will be required to investigate the developmental pathways and direction of causality further. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f5c864ea2abb4348adfa596fd17b4d522022-12-22T03:43:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0196e9859010.1371/journal.pone.0098590Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties.Celeste H M CheungAlexis C Frazier-WoodPhilip AshersonFruhling RijsdijkJonna KuntsiTwin studies indicate that the frequent co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and reading difficulties (RD) is largely due to shared genetic influences. Both disorders are associated with multiple cognitive impairments, but it remains unclear which cognitive impairments share the aetiological pathway, underlying the co-occurrence of the symptoms. We address this question using a sample of twins aged 7-10 and a range of cognitive measures previously associated with ADHD symptoms or RD.We performed multivariate structural equation modelling analyses on parent and teacher ratings on the ADHD symptom domains of inattention and hyperactivity, parent ratings on RD, and cognitive data on response inhibition (commission errors, CE), reaction time variability (RTV), verbal short-term memory (STM), working memory (WM) and choice impulsivity, from a population sample of 1312 twins aged 7-10 years.Three cognitive processes showed significant phenotypic and genetic associations with both inattention symptoms and RD: RTV, verbal WM and STM. While STM captured only 11% of the shared genetic risk between inattention and RD, the estimates increased somewhat for WM (21%) and RTV (28%); yet most of the genetic sharing between inattention and RD remained unaccounted for in each case.While response inhibition and choice impulsivity did not emerge as important cognitive processes underlying the co-occurrence between ADHD symptoms and RD, RTV and verbal memory processes separately showed significant phenotypic and genetic associations with both inattention symptoms and RD. Future studies employing longitudinal designs will be required to investigate the developmental pathways and direction of causality further.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041781?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Celeste H M Cheung Alexis C Frazier-Wood Philip Asherson Fruhling Rijsdijk Jonna Kuntsi Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties. PLoS ONE |
| title | Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties. |
| title_full | Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties. |
| title_fullStr | Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties. |
| title_short | Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties. |
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