Team sport, power, and combat athletes are at high genetic risk for coronavirus disease-2019 severity

Highlights • Predictive genetic testing of an asymptomatic person has considerable potential to predict future risk of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) severity. • Risk alleles for COVID-19 severity due to the pleiotropic effects are associated with performance-related traits. • Team sport, power, and combat athletes possess a higher genetic risk for COVID-19 severity than untrained subjects or endurance athletes. • Polygenic risk scores based on 6 gene polymorphisms show a significant geographical variation, putting some countries at greater risk than others.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:biological and medical sciences combat sports sport games
Tagging:Coronavirus
Published in:Journal of Sport and Health Science
Language:English
Published: 2020
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2020.07.010
Volume:9
Issue:5
Pages:430-431
Document types:article
Level:advanced