Measurement and initial characterization of leukocyte telomere length in 474,074 participants in UK Biobank

Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is a proposed marker of biological age. Here we report the measurement and initial characterization of LTL in 474,074 participants in UK Biobank. We confirm that older age and male sex associate with shorter LTL, with women on average ~7 years younger in 'biologi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature aging 2022-02, Vol.2 (2), p.170-179
Hauptverfasser:	Codd, V, Denniff, M, Swinfield, C, Warner, S C, Papakonstantinou, M, Sheth, S, Nanus, D E, Budgeon, C A, Musicha, C, Bountziouka, V, Wang, Q, Bramley, R, Allara, E, Kaptoge, S, Stoma, S, Jiang, T, Butterworth, A S, Wood, A M, Di Angelantonio, E, Thompson, J R, Danesh, J N, Nelson, C P, Samani, N J
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Biobanks Biological Specimen Banks Ethnicity Female Humans Infant, Newborn Leukocytes Male Telomere - genetics United Kingdom
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