Elite athletes’ genetic predisposition for altered risk of complex metabolic traits

Kujala UM(2001)Disease-specific mortality among elite athletes JAMA 285 44-5

Tikkanen HO(1997)Effects of age, physical training, and physical fitness on coronary heart disease risk factors in older track athletes at twenty-year follow-up J Am Geriatr Soc 45 1446-53

Sarna S(1993)Increased life expectancy of world class male athletes Med Sci Sports Exerc 25 237-44

Pukkala E(2010)Is the interaction between HIF1A P582S and ACTN3 R577X determinant for power/sprint performance? Metabolism 59 861-5

Kaprio J(2013)Genes for elite power and sprint performance: ACTN3 leads the way Sports Med 43 803-17

Koskenvuo M(2013)The FTO A/T polymorphism and elite athletic performance: a study involving three groups of European athletes PLoS One 8 e60570-644

Mengelkoch LJ(2006)The human obesity gene map: the 2005 update Obesity 14 529-10

Pollock ML(2014)Response to Comment on Sprouse et al. SLC30A8 nonsynonymous variant is associated with recovery following exercise and skeletal muscle size and strength Diabetes 63 e9-94

Limacher MC(2007)A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity Science 316 889-21

Graves JE(2007)Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits PLoS Genet 3 e115-500

Kujala UM(2001)Disease-specific mortality among elite athletes JAMA 285 44-5

Tikkanen HO(1997)Effects of age, physical training, and physical fitness on coronary heart disease risk factors in older track athletes at twenty-year follow-up J Am Geriatr Soc 45 1446-53

Sarna S(1993)Increased life expectancy of world class male athletes Med Sci Sports Exerc 25 237-44

Pukkala E(2010)Is the interaction between HIF1A P582S and ACTN3 R577X determinant for power/sprint performance? Metabolism 59 861-5

Kaprio J(2013)Genes for elite power and sprint performance: ACTN3 leads the way Sports Med 43 803-17

Koskenvuo M(2013)The FTO A/T polymorphism and elite athletic performance: a study involving three groups of European athletes PLoS One 8 e60570-644

Mengelkoch LJ(2006)The human obesity gene map: the 2005 update Obesity 14 529-10

Pollock ML(2014)Response to Comment on Sprouse et al. SLC30A8 nonsynonymous variant is associated with recovery following exercise and skeletal muscle size and strength Diabetes 63 e9-94

Limacher MC(2007)A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity Science 316 889-21

Graves JE(2007)Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits PLoS Genet 3 e115-500