Wider sample used data from across 29 countries and 5 million people, with a quarter from non-European ancestries
A global study has identified 300 previously unknown genetic risk factors for depression because it included a much wider population sample.
According to the World Health Organization, 3.8% of the population has depression at any one time, affecting about 280 million people.
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