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Genetic Liability to Cardiovascular Disease, Physical Activity, and Mortality: Findings from the Finnish Twin Cohort.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise - 1 Oct 2024
Joensuu Laura, Waller Katja, Kankaanpää Anna, Palviainen Teemu, Kaprio Jaakko, Sillanpää Elina
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PURPOSE: We investigated whether longitudinally assessed physical activity (PA) and adherence specifically to World Health Organization PA guidelines mitigate or moderate mortality risk regardless of genetic liability to cardiovascular disease (CVD). We also estimated the causality of the PA-mortality association. METHODS: The study used the older Finnish Twin Cohort with 4897 participants aged 33 to 60 yr (54.3%...
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