Genes and Elite Marathon Running Performance: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Genetics has long been considered to associate with many exercise-related traits and sport performance phenotypes. A genetic basis for elite international marathon running performance exists due to the heritability of endurance-related traits. This has prompted a generation of genomic study to identify marathon success. The aim of this study was to systematically review the evidence of genes, and their polymorphisms, that may play a role in marathon running performance. A search strategy was implemented on systematic databases following PRISMA guidelines. Studies were case-control, cohort or genome-wide association designs and provided data on the genotypes associated with elite marathon athlete status and/or marathon running performance. The search identified 241 studies, from which, 14 s

SUBMITTER: Moir HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6683622 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature