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ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2014

The nature of behavioural correlates of healthy ageing: a twin study of lifestyle in mid to late life.

Matt McGue, Axel Skytthe, Kaare Christensen

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Article in International journal of epidemiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Exploring the Genetic Etiology of Trust in Adolescents: Combined Twin and DNA Analyses.Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Matt McGueDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, The Danish Twin Registry and Danish Ageing Research Centre, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Department of Clinical Genetics and Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, The Danish Twin Registry and Danish Ageing Research Centre, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Department of Clinical Genetics and Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark mcgue001@umn.edu.
Axel SkyttheDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, The Danish Twin Registry and Danish Ageing Research Centre, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Department of Clinical Genetics and Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, The Danish Twin Registry and Danish Ageing Research Centre, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Department of Clinical Genetics and Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Kaare ChristensenDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, The Danish Twin Registry and Danish Ageing Research Centre, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Department of Clinical Genetics and Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, The Danish Twin Registry and Danish Ageing Research Centre, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Department of Clinical Genetics and Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, The Danish Twin Registry and Danish Ageing Research Centre, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Department of Clinical Genetics and Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
University of Minnesota System · USUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

Funding

TRAJECTORIES OF MORTALITY IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANSP01AG008761 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI ROACH, DEBORAH A · 1990 to 2008
$17.5M
NIA NIH HHS P01-AG08761
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith the greying of the industrialized world has come increased interest in identifying the modifiable lifestyle factors that promote healthy and successful ageing. Whereas many of the behavioural correlates of late-life morbidity and mortality have been identified, relatively little is known about the origins of individual differences in these factors.

methodsA sample of 12,714 twins, including both members of 3806 pairs of known zygosity, ascertained through the Danish Twin Registry and aged 40 to 80 years, completed a self-report assessment of six lifestyle factors associated with ageing: smoking, drinking, diet and physical, social and intellectual activities. Standard biometric methods were used to analyse the twin data and determine the extent to which individual differences in each of the lifestyle factors are heritable.

resultsFor each of the six lifestyle factors, the estimate of heritability ranged from 32% (95% CI: 19-42%) for the diet scale to 69% (62-72%) for the smoking measure. Biometric estimates of the contribution of the twins' common rearing environment were uniformly small (≤6%). There was little evidence that standardized biometric estimates varied by gender or age.

conclusionsIndividuals likely construct lifestyles in part to complement and reinforce underlying genetically influenced dispositions and talents. The heritable nature of lifestyle factors implies that the behavioural and genetic contributors to ageing processes are not necessarily conceptually distinct but rather reflect the complexity of gene-environment interplay in ageing.

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AgingHealth BehaviorLife StyleAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlcohol DrinkingDenmarkDietExerciseHumansInterpersonal RelationsMental HealthMiddle AgedSmokingTwins, Dizygoticheritabilitylifestyle and ageingsuccessful ageingtwin study

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PMCPMC4052129
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