Genetic Predisposition to a Shorter Life Expectancy

Genetic Predisposition to a Shorter Life Expectancy

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The first-of-its-kind study assessed the health data of 353,742 people from the UK Biobank to determine how their lifestyle habits and genes affected their health. A polygenic risk score was derived for long (20% of participants), intermediate (60%) and short (20%) lifespan risks. Over an average follow-up time of 12.86 years, 24,239 of the participants died.

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