ACTN3 genotype in professional soccer players Export

@article{citeulike:2629459, abstract = {The authors studied the frequency distribution of {alpha}-actinin-3 (ACTN3) R577X genotypes in 60 top-level professional soccer players. The results were compared with those of 52 elite endurance athletes and 123 sedentary controls. The per cent distribution of RR and RX genotypes in soccer players (48.3\% and 36.7\%) was significantly higher and lower, respectively, than controls (28.5\% and 53.7\%) and endurance athletes (26.5\% and 52\%) (p = 0.041). Although there are notable exceptions, elite soccer players tend to have the sprint/power ACTN3 genotype. 10.1136/bjsm.2007.039172}, author = {Santiago, C. and Gonzalez-Freire, M. and Serratosa, L. and Morate, F. J. and Meyer, T. and Gomez-Gallego, F. and Lucia, A.}, citeulike-article-id = {2629459}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2007.039172}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/42/1/71}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17550918}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17550918}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1136/bjsm.2007.039172}, journal = {Br J Sports Med}, keywords = {actn3, sports-genetics}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {71--73}, posted-at = {2008-04-04 12:38:40}, priority = {2}, title = {ACTN3 genotype in professional soccer players}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2007.039172}, volume = {42}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2629459 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2629459 N2 - The authors studied the frequency distribution of {alpha}-actinin-3 (ACTN3) R577X genotypes in 60 top-level professional soccer players. The results were compared with those of 52 elite endurance athletes and 123 sedentary controls. The per cent distribution of RR and RX genotypes in soccer players (48.3% and 36.7%) was significantly higher and lower, respectively, than controls (28.5% and 53.7%) and endurance athletes (26.5% and 52%) (p = 0.041). Although there are notable exceptions, elite soccer players tend to have the sprint/power ACTN3 genotype. 10.1136/bjsm.2007.039172 IS - 1 JF - Br J Sports Med EP - 73 TI - ACTN3 genotype in professional soccer players VL - 42 SP - 71 KW - actn3 KW - sports-genetics AU - Santiago, C AU - Gonzalez-Freire, M AU - Serratosa, L AU - Morate, FJ AU - Meyer, T AU - Gomez-Gallego, F AU - Lucia, A PY - 2008/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2007.039172 ER -