Telomere length and incident atrial fibrillation - data of the PREVEND cohort.

The incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) increases with age. Telomere length is considered a marker of biological ageing. We investigated the association between leukocyte telomere length and incident AF in the Dutch Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease (PREVEND) study.We included 777...

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Main Authors: Joylene E Siland, Bastiaan Geelhoed, Isabelle C van Gelder, Pim van der Harst, Michiel Rienstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5291433?pdf=render