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Results Polygenic risk scores for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder were associated with isolated/idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder, with each standard deviation increase linked to 14.7% higher odds (odds ratio = 1.15, 95% confidence interval: 1.04 to 1.26, p = 0.005). However, genetic correlation was weak, and Mendelian randomization did not support a potential causal relationship. The proportion of individuals with abnormal dopamine transporter imaging binding status was significantly higher in the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder group compared to those without the disorder (p=0.01, X 2 = 6.62). Interpretation Polygenic risk scores analysis identified an association between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and neurodegeneration-related isolated/idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder, consistent with the result from the small exploratory substudy. The lack of strong genetic correlation or causation may reflect limited sample size. Further research with larger and more diverse cohorts is crucial to clarify the genetic, biological and physiological mechanisms underlying this association.","journal":"medRxiv","year":2025,"id":574712,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9477,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":958617,"name":"Lang Liu","orcid":"0009-0007-8868-701X","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1482758,"name":"Mohammad H. 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