Smoking does not accelerate leucocyte telomere attrition: a meta-analysis of 18 longitudinal cohorts

Smoking does not accelerate leucocyte telomere attrition: a meta-analysis of 18 longitudinal cohorts

Smoking is associated with shorter leucocyte telomere length (LTL), a biomarker of increased morbidity and reduced longevity. This association is widely interpreted as evidence that smoking causes accelerated LTL attrition in adulthood, but the evidence for this is inconsistent. We analysed the asso...

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Main Authors: Melissa Bateson, Abraham Aviv, Laila Bendix, Athanase Benetos, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Stig E. Bojesen, Cyrus Cooper, Rachel Cooper, Ian J. Deary, Sara Hägg, Sarah E. Harris, Jeremy D. Kark, Florian Kronenberg, Diana Kuh, Carlos Labat, Carmen M. Martin-Ruiz, Craig Meyer, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Gillian V. Pepper, Dóra Révész, M. Abdullah Said, John M. Starr, Holly Syddall, William Murray Thomson, Pim van der Harst, Mary Whooley, Thomas von Zglinicki, Peter Willeit, Yiqiang Zhan, Daniel Nettle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-06-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
biological age
telomere length
telomere attrition
smoking
longitudinal
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190420

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