The role of adolescent lifestyle habits in biological aging: A prospective twin study

Author:

Kankaanpää Anna1ORCID,Tolvanen Asko2ORCID,Heikkinen Aino3ORCID,Kaprio Jaakko3ORCID,Ollikainen Miina3ORCID,Sillanpää Elina13ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Gerontology Research Center (GEREC), Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä

2. Methodology Center for Human Sciences, University of Jyväskylä

3. Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), HiLife, University of Helsinki

Abstract

Background:Adolescence is a stage of fast growth and development. Exposures during puberty can have long-term effects on health in later life. This study aims to investigate the role of adolescent lifestyle in biological aging.Methods:The study participants originated from the longitudinal FinnTwin12 study (n = 5114). Adolescent lifestyle-related factors, including body mass index (BMI), leisure-time physical activity, smoking, and alcohol use, were based on self-reports and measured at ages 12, 14, and 17 years. For a subsample, blood-based DNA methylation (DNAm) was used to assess biological aging with six epigenetic aging measures in young adulthood (21–25 years, n = 824). A latent class analysis was conducted to identify patterns of lifestyle behaviors in adolescence, and differences between the subgroups in later biological aging were studied. Genetic and environmental influences on biological aging shared with lifestyle behavior patterns were estimated using quantitative genetic modeling.Results:We identified five subgroups of participants with different adolescent lifestyle behavior patterns. When DNAm GrimAge, DunedinPoAm, and DunedinPACE estimators were used, the class with the unhealthiest lifestyle and the class of participants with high BMI were biologically older than the classes with healthier lifestyle habits. The differences in lifestyle-related factors were maintained into young adulthood. Most of the variation in biological aging shared with adolescent lifestyle was explained by common genetic factors.Conclusions:These findings suggest that an unhealthy lifestyle during pubertal years is associated with accelerated biological aging in young adulthood. Genetic pleiotropy may largely explain the observed associations.Funding:This work was supported by the Academy of Finland (213506, 265240, 263278, 312073 to J.K., 297908 to M.O. and 341750, 346509 to E.S.), EC FP5 GenomEUtwin (J.K.), National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (grant HL104125), EC MC ITN Project EPITRAIN (J.K. and M.O.), the University of Helsinki Research Funds (M.O.), Sigrid Juselius Foundation (J.K. and M.O.), Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation (6868), Juho Vainio Foundation (E.S.) and Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg foundation (E.S.).

Funder

Academy of Finland

EC FP5 GenomEUtwin

National Institutes of Health

EC MC ITN Project EPITRAIN

University of Helsinki Research Funds

Sigrid Juselius Foundation

Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation

Juho Vainio Foundation

Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg foundation

Publisher

eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

Subject

General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine,General Neuroscience

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