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Obesity is associated with shorter telomeres in 8 year-old children

Telomere length is considered a biomarker of biological aging. Shorter telomeres and obesity have both been associated with age-related diseases. To evaluate the association between various indices of obesity with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in childhood, data from 1,396 mother-child pairs of th...

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Autores principales: Clemente, Diana B. P., Maitre, Lea, Bustamante, Mariona, Chatzi, Leda, Roumeliotaki, Theano, Fossati, Serena, Grazuleviciene, Regina, Gützkow, Kristine B., Lepeule, Johanna, Martens, Dries S., McEachan, Rosie R. C., Meltzer, Helle M., Petraviciene, Inga, Slama, Rémy, Tamayo-Uria, Ibon, Urquiza, Jose, Vafeiadi, Marina, Wright, John, Nawrot, Tim S, Vrijheid, Martine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6904465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31822763
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55283-8