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Lifestyle factors, genetic susceptibility to obesity and their interactions on coronary artery disease risk: A cohort study in the UK Biobank.
Preventive medicine - 1 Mar 2024
Choi Jungyoon, Wen Wanqing, Jia Guochong, Tao Ran, Long Jirong, Shu Xiao-Ou, Zheng Wei
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate potential modifying effects of genetic susceptibility to obesity on the association of lifestyle factors with coronary artery disease (CAD) risk. METHODS: A total of 328,606 participants (54% women) were included using data from the UK Biobank. We evaluated the risk of developing CAD associated with obesity-related polygenic scores (PGSs) and healthy lifestyle scores (HLSs). HLSs...
Topics
- Humans
- Female
- Male
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Risk Factors
- Cohort Studies
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Biological Specimen Banks
- UK Biobank
- Obesity
- Life Style
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
