| Literature DB >> 20921414 |
Marian Beekman1, Christa Nederstigt, H Eka D Suchiman, Dennis Kremer, Ruud van der Breggen, Nico Lakenberg, Wendimagegn Ghidey Alemayehu, Anton J M de Craen, Rudi G J Westendorp, Dorret I Boomsma, Eco J C de Geus, Jeanine J Houwing-Duistermaat, Bastiaan T Heijmans, P Eline Slagboom.
Abstract
A set of currently known alleles increasing the risk for coronary artery disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes as identified by genome-wide association studies was tested for compatibility with human longevity. Here, we show that nonagenarian siblings from long-lived families and singletons older than 85 y of age from the general population carry the same number of disease risk alleles as young controls. Longevity in this study population is not compromised by the cumulative effect of this set of risk alleles for common disease.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20921414 PMCID: PMC2964208 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003540107
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205