Telomere length and mortality in the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health study.

INTRODUCTION:Short telomeres have been associated with adverse lifestyle factors, cardiovascular risk factors and age-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, and also with mortality. However, previous studies report co...

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Main Authors: Irene Pusceddu, Marcus Kleber, Graciela Delgado, Wolfgang Herrmann, Winfried März, Markus Herrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6007915?pdf=render