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Genetic Predisposition to Higher Body Mass Index or Type 2 Diabetes and Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Nurses' Health Study

BACKGROUND: Although cross-sectional studies have linked higher body mass index (BMI) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) to shortened telomeres, whether these metabolic conditions play a causal role in telomere biology is unknown. We therefore examined whether genetic predisposition to higher BMI or T2D was...

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Autores principales: Du, Mengmeng, Prescott, Jennifer, Cornelis, Marilyn C., Hankinson, Susan E., Giovannucci, Edward, Kraft, Peter, De Vivo, Immaculata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23424613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052240