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Gravidity is not associated with telomere length in a biracial cohort of middle-aged women: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study

OBJECTIVE: Having experienced 2–3 births is associated with reduced mortality versus women with <2 or ≥4 births. The effect of 2–3 births on lifespan may be associated with delayed cellular aging. We hypothesized telomere length, a marker of cellular aging, would be longer in women who had 2–3 pr...

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Autores principales: Lane-Cordova, Abbi D., Puterman, Eli, Gunderson, Erica P., Chan, Cheeling, Hou, Lifang, Carnethon, Mercedes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5648190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29049398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186495