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Telomere shortening associates with elevated insulin and nuchal fat accumulation

Obesity and relative leucocyte telomere length (RTL) are both linked to accelerated aging and premature mortality. We examined if nuchal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) thickness, a surrogate marker of central trunk-weighted obesity, is an independent predictor of RTL that provides information bey...

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Autores principales: Mangge, Harald, Herrmann, Markus, Almer, Gunter, Zelzer, Sieglinde, Moeller, Reinhard, Horejsi, Renate, Renner, Wilfried
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7176638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32322021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63916-6