Mortality and Obesity among US Older Adults: The Role of Polygenic Risk

TitleMortality and Obesity among US Older Adults: The Role of Polygenic Risk
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsVinneau, JM, Huibregtse, BM, Laidley, TM, Goode, JA, Boardman, JD
JournalThe Journals of Gerontology, Series B
Volume76
Issue2
Pagination343-347
ISSN Number1079-5014
KeywordsMortality, Obesity, polygenic risk, Polygenic risk score
Abstract

To examine the relationship between obesity and mortality as a function of polygenic risk for obesity among older US adults.Using data from the 1994-2014 Health and Retirement Study in conjunction with genome-wide data, we evaluated the risk of mortality as a function of obesity classification, an individual’s polygenic risk score (PGS) for obesity, and their interaction, stratified by sex. We conducted our analyses using cox proportional hazard models.Among those with an average PGS for obesity (8,143 [68.8 \%]), obese I (HR = 0.7

DOI10.1093/geronb/gbz156
Citation Key10.1093/geronb/gbz156
PubMed ID31805181
PubMed Central IDPMC7813195