
Physical Activity and Genome-wide DNA Methylation: The REgistre GIroní del COR Study
Author(s) -
Alba FernándezSanlés,
Sergi Sayols-Baixeras,
Manuel Castro de Moura,
Manel Esteller,
Isaac Subirana,
Sebastián Torres-Cuevas,
Sonia González Pérez,
Stella Aslibekyan,
Jaume Marrugat,
Roberto Elosúa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002174
Subject(s) - cpg site , dna methylation , methylation , biology , bonferroni correction , population , intergenic region , medicine , genetics , oncology , endocrinology , genome , gene , gene expression , statistics , mathematics , environmental health
DNA methylation may be one of the biological mechanisms underlying the health benefits of physical activity (PA). Our objective was to determine the association between PA and genome-wide DNA methylation at CpG level.