Physical activity and health: Findings from Finnish monozygotic twin pairs discordant for physical activity.

ABSTRACT: Genetic and early environmental differences including early health habits associate with future health. To provide insight on the causal nature of these associations, monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs discordant for health habits provide an interesting natural experiment. Twin pairs discordant for leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) in early adult life is thus a powerful study design to investigate the associations between long-term LTPA and indicators of health and wellbeing. We have identified 17 LTPA discordant twin pairs from two Finnish twin cohorts and summarize key findings of these studies in this paper. The carefully characterized rare long-term LTPA discordant MZ twin pairs have participated in multi-dimensional clinical examinations. Key findings highlight that compared with less ac

SUBMITTER: Kujala UM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9378553 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature