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No Shorter Telomeres in Subjects With a Family History of Cardiovascular Disease in the Asklepios Study
20 Oct 2012
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OBJECTIVE: Shorter telomere length is associated with the occurrence of cardiovascular events, but the question of causality is complicated by the intertwined effects of inheritance, aging, and lifestyle factors on both telomere length and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Some studies indicated that healthy offspring of coronary artery disease patients exhibited shorter telomeres than subjects without a family...
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