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Telomere length in early childhood: Early life risk factors and association with carotid intima-media thickness in later childhood.
European journal of preventive cardiology - 1 Jul 2016
Skilton Michael R, Nakhla Shirley, Ayer Julian G, Harmer Jason A, Toelle Brett G, Leeder Stephen R, Jones Graham, Marks Guy B, Celermajer David S
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BACKGROUND: Reduced telomere length is a measure of biological aging that is predictive of cardiac events in adults, and has been mechanistically implicated in the onset and progression of atherosclerosis. We sought to describe the early life factors associated with leukocyte telomere length in early childhood, and to determine whether telomere length measured during early childhood is associated with arterial...
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