&gt; the effect is subtle, explaining just 1 percent of a person’s depression risk.<p>That seems like noise to me. Especially in such a large study that attempted to cross-correlate (apparently) hundreds of factors, I would require a <i>lot</i> more evidence not to discard this as the jelly bean effect (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;882&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;882&#x2F;</a>).<p>Now I haven&#x27;t read the paper, but based on this article, I dare say it would be irresponsible to label this a finding.