Body mass index is negatively associated with telomere length: a collaborative cross-sectional meta-analysis of 87 observational studies

Author(s):
Gielen, M.; Hageman, G.J.; Antoniou, E.E.; Nordfjall, K.; Mangino, M.; Balasubramanyam, M.; Meyer, T. de; Hendricks, A.E.; Giltay, E.J.; Hunt, S.C.; Nettleton, J.A.; Salpea, K.D.; Diaz, V.A.; Farzaneh-Far, R.; Atzmon, G.; Harris, S.E.; Hou, L.F.; Gilley, D.; Hovatta, I.; Kark, J.D.; Nassar, H.; Kurz, D.J.; Mather, K.A.; Willeit, P.; Zheng, Y.L.; Pavanello, S.; Demerath, E.W.; Rode, L.; Bunout, D.; Steptoe, A.; Boardman, L.; Marti, A.; Needham, B.; Zheng, W.; Ramsey-Goldman, R.; Pellatt, A.J.; Kaprio, J.; Hofmann, J.N.; Gieger, C.; Paolisso, G.; Hjelmborg, J.B.H.; Mirabello, L.; Seeman, T.; Wong, J.; Harst, P. van der; Broer, L.; Kronenberg, F.; Kollerits, B.; Strandberg, T.; Eisenberg, D.T.A.; Duggan, C.; Verhoeven, J.E.; Schaakxs, R.; Zannolli, R.; Reis, R.M.R. dos; Charchar, F.J.; Tomaszewski, M.; Mons, U.; Demuth, I.; Molli, A.E.I.; Cheng, G.; Krasnienkov, D.; D'Antono, B.; Kasielski, M.; McDonnell, B.J.; Ebstein, R.P.; Sundquist, K.; Pare, G.; Chong, M.; Zeegers, M.P.; TELOMAAS Group
Published
2018
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
BMItelomere lengthobesitylow-grade inflammationmeta-analysisobservational studies
Date issued
2018-09-30
Language
English
Is part of
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2018), Vol. 108, no. 3, p. 453-475
hdl
1887/96085
doi
10.1093/ajcn/nqy107