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Genome-wide association study of habitual physical activity in over 377,000 UK Biobank participants identifies multiple variants including CADM2 and APOE.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Jun 2018
Klimentidis Yann C, Raichlen David A, Bea Jennifer, Garcia David O, Wineinger Nathan E, Mandarino Lawrence J, Alexander Gene E, Chen Zhao, Going Scott B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Physical activity (PA) protects against a wide range of diseases. Habitual PA appears to be heritable, motivating the search for specific genetic variants that may inform efforts to promote PA and target the best type of PA for each individual. SUBJECTS/METHODS: We used data from the UK Biobank to perform the largest genome-wide association study of PA to date, using three measures based on...
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