Telomere length and physical performance at older ages: an individual participant meta-analysis

Telomere length and physical performance at older ages: an individual participant meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Telomeres are involved in cellular ageing and shorten with increasing age. If telomere length is a valuable biomarker of ageing, then telomere shortening should be associated with worse physical performance, an ageing trait, but evidence for such an association is lacking. The purpose of...

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Main Authors: Gardner, Michael P. (Author), Martin-Ruiz, Carmen (Author), Cooper, Rachel (Author), Hardy, Rebecca (Author), Sayer, Avan Aihie (Author), Cooper, Cyrus (Author), Deary, Ian J. (Author), Gallacher, John (Author), Harris, Sarah E. (Author), Shiels, Paul G. (Author), Starr, John M. (Author), Kuh, Diana (Author), von Zglinicki, Thomas (Author), Ben-Shlomo, Yoav (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2013-07-26.
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