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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |