Resumen
Age at first sexual intercourse and age at first birth have implications for health and evolutionary fitness. In this genome-wide association study (age at first sexual intercourse, N = 387,338; age at first birth, N = 542,901), we identify 371 single-nucleotide polymorphisms, 11 sex-specific, with a 5–6% polygenic score prediction. Heritability of age at first birth shifted from 9% [CI = 4–14%] for women born in 1940 to 22% [CI = 19–25%] for those born in 1965. Signals are driven by the genetics of reproductive biology and externalising behaviour, with key genes related to follicle stimulating hormone (FSHB), implantation (ESR1), infertility and spermatid differentiation. Our findings suggest that polycystic ovarian syndrome may lead to later age at first birth, linking with infertility. Late age at first birth is associated with parental longevity and reduced incidence of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Higher childhood socioeconomic circumstances and those in the highest polygenic score decile (90%+) experience markedly later reproductive onset. Results are relevant for improving teenage and late-life health, understanding longevity and guiding experimentation into mechanisms of infertility.
| Idioma original | English |
|---|---|
| Páginas (desde-hasta) | 1717-1730 |
| Número de páginas | 14 |
| Publicación | Nature Human Behaviour |
| Volumen | 5 |
| N.º | 12 |
| DOI | |
| Estado | Published - dic 2021 |
Nota bibliográfica
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
Financiación
A detailed list of funding and other acknowledgements for each cohort can be found in Supplementary Sect. 14. This research was conducted using the UK Biobank resource under application 22276 and 9905. Funding was provided to M.C.M. by the ERC, SOCIOGENOME (615603), CHRONO (835079), ESRC/UKRI SOCGEN (ES/N011856/1), Wellcome Trust ISSF, Leverhulme Trust and Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, to N.B. by ERC GENPOP (865356), to F.C.T. by LabEx Ecode, French National Research Agency (ANR) Investissements d’Avenir (ANR-11-LABX-0047), to M.d.H. by Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation (20170872, 20200781, 20140543, 20170678, 20180706 and 20200602), Kjell and Märta Beijer Foundation and Swedish Research Council (2015-03657, 2019-01417). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. This study received ethical approval from the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, and relevant ethical approval was obtained at the local level for the contributing datasets. The authors thank E. T. Akimova and S. Møllegaard for administrative work in the organization of the cohort information and author list.
| Financiadores | Número del financiador |
|---|---|
| Wellcome Trust ISSF | |
| FP7 Ideas: European Research Council | |
| Leverhulme Trust | |
| CHRONO | |
| LabEx Ecodec ANR | |
| Kjell och Märta Beijers Stiftelse | |
| H2020 European Research Council | |
| Economic and Social Research Council | ES/N011856/1 |
| SOCIOGENOME | |
| ERC GENPOP | |
| UK Industrial Decarbonization Research and Innovation Centre | |
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | 865356, 835079 |
| Vetenskapsrådet | 2015-03657, 2019-01417 |
| Hjärt-Lungfonden | 20140543, 20170872, 20200602, 20170678, 20180706, 20200781 |
| French ANR | ANR-11-LABX-0047 |
| European Commission | 615603 |
ODS de las Naciones Unidas
Este resultado contribuye a los siguientes Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
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Good health and well being
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Behavioral Neuroscience
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