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Abstract
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 |
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Article number | e29883 |
Pages (from-to) | 186-195 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Jan 2012 |
Research Groups and Themes
- Bristol BioDesign Institute
Keywords
- 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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CENTRE FOR CASUAL ANALYSES IN TRANSLATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (CAiTE)
Davey Smith, G. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/07 → 1/09/13
Project: Research