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Are elite endurance athletes genetically predisposed to lower disease risk?
Physiological genomics - 3 Mar 2010
Gómez-Gallego Félix, Ruiz Jonatan R, Buxens Amaya, Altmäe Signe, Artieda Marta, Santiago Catalina, González-Freire Marta, Verde Zoraida, Arteta David, Martínez Antonio, Tejedor Diego, Lao José I, Arenas Joaquin, Lucia Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
We compared a polygenic profile that combined 33 disease risk-related mutations and polymorphisms among nonathletic healthy control subjects and elite endurance athletes. The study sample comprised 100 healthy Spanish male nonathletic (sedentary) control subjects and 100 male elite endurance athletes. We analyzed 33 disease risk-related mutations and polymorphisms. We computed a health-related total genotype...
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