Food Security and Leukocyte Telomere Length in Adult Americans

Background and Purpose. Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is a biomarker of biologic age. Whether food security status modulates LTL is still unknown. We investigated the association between food security and LTL in participants of the 1999–2002 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHA...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Mazidi, Andre Pascal Kengne, Hassan Vatanparast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5427657