Genetic Correlation between Body Fat Percentage and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Suggests Common Genetic Etiology.

Genetic Correlation between Body Fat Percentage and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Suggests Common Genetic Etiology.

It has long been discussed whether fitness or fatness is a more important determinant of health status. If the same genetic factors that promote body fat percentage (body fat%) are related to cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), part of the concurrent associations with health outcomes could reflect a co...

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Main Authors: Theresia M Schnurr, Anette P Gjesing, Camilla H Sandholt, Anna Jonsson, Yuvaraj Mahendran, Christian T Have, Claus T Ekstrøm, Anne-Louise Bjerregaard, Soren Brage, Daniel R Witte, Marit E Jørgensen, Mette Aadahl, Betina H Thuesen, Allan Linneberg, Hans Eiberg, Oluf Pedersen, Niels Grarup, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Torben Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5112859?pdf=render

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