ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2023
Polygenic risk of obesity and BMI trajectories over 36 years: A longitudinal study of adult Finnish twins.
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- Socioeconomic position, genetic susceptibility, and epigenetic profiles in obesity across the life course: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Pooled it
- A multi-ancestry polygenic risk score for body mass index predicts longitudinal weight change.Genome medicine · 2026Article
- The Tumor Multi-Omic Landscape of Endometrial Cancers Developed on a Background of Adiposity.Genes · 2026Article
- Deviation From Genetically Predicted BMI and All-Cause Mortality: A Cohort Study in the UK Biobank.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
- Twin study method: Unlocking genetic and environmental interactions.Endocrine journal · 2025Review
- Polygenic risk of obesity and BMI trajectories over 36 years: A longitudinal study of adult Finnish twins.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study investigated 36-year BMI trajectories in twins whose BMI in young adulthood was below, within, or above their genetically predicted BMI, with a focus on twin pairs with large intrapair BMI differences (within-pair ΔBMI ≥ 3 kg/m
methodsTogether, 3227 like-sexed twin pairs (34% monozygotic) were examined at age ~30 years in 1975 and followed up in 1981, 1990, and 2011. An individual's observed BMI in 1975 was considered within (±2.0), below (<-2.0), or above (>+2.0) genetically predicted BMI, measured by a polygenic risk score of 996,919 single nucleotide polymorphisms.
resultsIn monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs with large intrapair BMI differences, the co-twin with a higher observed BMI in 1975 deviated above predicted BMI more frequently (~2/3) than the co-twin with a lower BMI deviated below prediction (~1/3). Individuals below, within, and above prediction in 1975 reached, respectively, normal weight, overweight, and obesity by 2011, with a mean BMI increase of 4.5 (95% CI: 4.3-4.8).
conclusionsCategorizing BMI as below, within, or above polygenic risk score-predicted BMI helps identifying individuals who have been resistant or susceptible to weight gain. This may provide new insights into determinants and consequences of obesity.
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