Personality and the serotonin transporter gene: Associations in a longitudinal population-based study

Harro, Jaanus; Merenäkk, Liis; Nordquist, Niklas; Konstabel, Kenn; Comasco, Erika; Oreland, Lars

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.01.001

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“…TPAQ is a short self-report questionnaire that consists of 26 questions about the last week PA [16,33,34]. Nineteen of the questions were not directly about PA level (e.g., costs of attending the sports club; reasons for missing the physical education classes; does the respondent's best friend attend to a sports club, etc.).…”

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Comparison of IPAQ-SF and Two Other Physical Activity Questionnaires with Accelerometer in Adolescent Boys

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Self-report measures of physical activity (PA) are easy to use and popular but their reliability is often questioned. Therefore, the general aim of the present study was to investigate the association of PA questionnaires with accelerometer derived PA, in a sample of adolescent boys. In total, 191 pubertal boys (mean age 14.0 years) completed three self-report questionnaires and wore an accelerometer (ActiGraph GT1M) for 7 consecutive days. The PA questionnaires were: International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), Tartu Physical Activity Questionnaire (TPAQ), and the Inactivity subscale from Domain-Specific Impulsivity (DSI) scale. All three questionnaires were significantly correlated with accelerometer derived MVPA: the correlations were 0.31 for the IPAQ-SF MVPA, 0.34 for the TPAQ MVPA and -0.29 for the DSI Inactivity scale. Nevertheless, none of the questionnaires can be used as a reliable individual-level estimate of MVPA in male adolescents. The boys underreported their MVPA in IPAQ-SF as compared to accelerometer-derived MVPA (respective averages 43 and 56 minutes); underreporting was more marked in active boys with average daily MVPA at least 60 minutes, and was not significant in less active boys. Conversely, MVPA index from TPAQ overestimated the MVPA in less active boys but underestimated it in more active boys. The sedentary time reported in IPAQ-SF was an underestimate as compared to accelerometer-derived sedentary time (averages 519 and 545 minutes, respectively).

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“…Measurements at baseline and follow-up were made by essentially the same group of trained investigators, and by using the same protocols, which allows performing combined analyses. The follow-up assessment in the Estonian cohort was carried out as part of the longitudinal Estonian Children Personality Behaviour and Health Study [17]. The study design is graphically depicted in Figure 1.…”

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Stability of the factorial structure of metabolic syndrome from childhood to adolescence: a 6-year follow-up study

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BackgroundMetabolic syndrome (MS) is a clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors that is considered a predictor of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and mortality. There is no consistent evidence on whether the MS construct works in the same way in different populations and at different stages in life.MethodsWe used confirmatory factor analysis to examine if a single-factor-model including waist circumference, triglycerides/HDL-c, insulin and mean arterial pressure underlies metabolic syndrome from the childhood to adolescence in a 6-years follow-up study in 174 Swedish and 460 Estonian children aged 9 years at baseline. Indeed, we analyze the tracking of a previously validated MS index over this 6-years period.ResultsThe estimates of goodness-of-fit for the single-factor-model underlying MS were acceptable both in children and adolescents. The construct stability of a new model including the differences from baseline to the end of the follow-up in the components of the proposed model displayed good fit indexes for the change, supporting the hypothesis of a single factor underlying MS component trends.ConclusionsA single-factor-model underlying MS is stable across the puberty in both Estonian and Swedish young people. The MS index tracks acceptably from childhood to adolescence.

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“…The sample formation and rationale has been described in detail previously (Harro et al 2001(Harro et al , 2009. In brief, this is a representative sample of the Tartu City and county children with a school as the sampling unit, and in the present analysis, data of the younger cohort was used.…”

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Effects of the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) and α2A-adrenoceptor (C-1291G) genotypes on substance use in children and adolescents: a longitudinal study

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Personality and the serotonin transporter gene: Associations in a longitudinal population-based study

Cited by 44 publications

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Comparison of IPAQ-SF and Two Other Physical Activity Questionnaires with Accelerometer in Adolescent Boys

Comparison of IPAQ-SF and Two Other Physical Activity Questionnaires with Accelerometer in Adolescent Boys

Stability of the factorial structure of metabolic syndrome from childhood to adolescence: a 6-year follow-up study

Effects of the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) and α2A-adrenoceptor (C-1291G) genotypes on substance use in children and adolescents: a longitudinal study

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