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ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2023

Associations of polygenic inheritance of physical activity with aerobic fitness, cardiometabolic risk factors and diseases: the HUNT study.

Niko Paavo Tynkkynen, Timo Törmäkangas, Teemu Palviainen, Matti Hyvärinen, Marie Klevjer, Laura Joensuu, Urho Kujala, Jaakko Kaprio, Anja Bye, Elina Sillanpää

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Article in European journal of epidemiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Niko Paavo TynkkynenGerontology Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (VIV), Jyväskylä, FIN-40014, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8245-1275
Timo TörmäkangasGerontology Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (VIV), Jyväskylä, FIN-40014, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7268-5297
Teemu PalviainenInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), HiLIFE, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7847-8384
Matti HyvärinenGerontology Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (VIV), Jyväskylä, FIN-40014, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5086-3635
Marie KlevjerCardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG), Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8372-276X
Laura JoensuuGerontology Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (VIV), Jyväskylä, FIN-40014, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9544-6552
Urho KujalaFaculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9262-1992
Jaakko KaprioInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), HiLIFE, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3716-2455
Anja Bye *Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG), Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1259-5542
Elina Sillanpää *Gerontology Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (VIV), Jyväskylä, FIN-40014, Finland. elina.sillanpaa@jyu.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6375-959X
University of Jyväskylä · FIInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland · FINorwegian University of Science and Technology · NOJAMK University of Applied Sciences · FI

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activity (PA), aerobic fitness, and cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) are highly heritable multifactorial phenotypes. Shared genetic factors may underlie the associations between higher levels of PA and better aerobic fitness and a lower risk for CMDs. We aimed to study how PA genotype associates with self-reported PA, aerobic fitness, cardiometabolic risk factors and diseases. PA genotype, which combined variation in over one million of gene variants, was composed using the SBayesR polygenic scoring methodology. First, we constructed a polygenic risk score for PA in the Trøndelag Health Study (N = 47,148) using UK Biobank single nucleotide polymorphism-specific weights (N = 400,124). The associations of the PA PRS and continuous variables were analysed using linear regression models and with CMD incidences using Cox proportional hazard models. The results showed that genotypes predisposing to higher amount of PA were associated with greater self-reported PA (Beta [B] = 0.282 MET-h/wk per SD of PRS for PA, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.211, 0.354) but not with aerobic fitness. These genotypes were also associated with healthier cardiometabolic profile (waist circumference [B = -0.003 cm, 95% CI = -0.004, -0.002], body mass index [B = -0.002 kg/m

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Cardiometabolic Risk FactorsExerciseGenetic Risk ScoreDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansHypertensionMultifactorial InheritanceCommon diseaseGene-environment interactionHealth behaviourPhysical activityPolygenic risk score

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