A multi-cohort study of polymorphisms in the GH/IGF axis and physical capability: The HALCyon programme

Tamuno Alfred; Yoav Ben-Shlomo; Rachel Cooper; Rebecca Hardy; Cyrus Cooper; Ian J. Deary; Tom R. Gaunt; David Gunnell; Sarah E. Harris; Meena Kumari; Richard M. Martin; Avan Aihie Sayer; John M. Starr; Diana Kuh; Ian N M Day

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A multi-cohort study of polymorphisms in the GH/IGF axis and physical capability: The HALCyon programme

Tamuno Alfred^*, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Rachel Cooper, Rebecca Hardy, Cyrus Cooper, Ian J. Deary, Tom R. Gaunt, David Gunnell, Sarah E. Harris, Meena Kumari, Richard M. Martin, Avan Aihie Sayer, John M. Starr, Diana Kuh, Ian N M Day

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Background: Low muscle mass and function have been associated with poorer indicators of physical capability in older people, which are in-turn associated with increased mortality rates. The growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor (GH/IGF) axis is involved in muscle function and genetic variants in genes in the axis may influence measures of physical capability.

Methods: As part of the Healthy Ageing across the Life Course (HALCyon) programme, men and women from seven UK cohorts aged between 52 and 90 years old were genotyped for six polymorphisms: rs35767 (IGF1), rs7127900 (IGF2), rs2854744 (IGFBP3), rs2943641 (IRS1), rs2665802 (GH1) and the exon-3 deletion of GHR. The polymorphisms have previously been robustly associated with age-related traits or are potentially functional. Meta-analysis was used to pool within-study genotypic effects of the associations between the polymorphisms and four measures of physical capability: grip strength, timed walk or get up and go, chair rises and standing balance.

Results:Few important associations were observed among the several tests. We found evidence that rs2665802 in GH1 was associated with inability to balance for 5 s (pooled odds ratio per minor allele = 0.90, 95% Cl: 0.82-0.98, p-value = 0.01, n = 10,748), after adjusting for age and sex. We found no evidence for other associations between the polymorphisms and physical capability traits.

Conclusion: Our findings do not provide evidence for a substantial influence of these common polymorphisms in the GH/IGF axis on objectively measured physical capability levels in older adults.

Original language	English
Article number	e29883
Pages (from-to)	186-195
Number of pages	10
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029883
Publication status	Published - 10 Jan 2012

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INSULIN-LIKE-GROWTH-FACTOR-2 GENE
synthetic biology
COMMON VARIATION
PROSTATE-CANCER RISK
HUMAN GROWTH-HORMONE
ADULT HEIGHT
IGF-I
GH1 GENE
SKELETAL-MUSCLE MASS
GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION
INSULIN-RESISTANCE

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Alfred, T., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Cooper, R., Hardy, R., Cooper, C., Deary, I. J., Gaunt, T. R., Gunnell, D., Harris, S. E., Kumari, M., Martin, R. M., Sayer, A. A., Starr, J. M., Kuh, D., & Day, I. N. M. (2012). A multi-cohort study of polymorphisms in the GH/IGF axis and physical capability: The HALCyon programme. PLoS ONE, 7(1), 186-195. Article e29883. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029883

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