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Leukocyte telomere length and marital status among middle-aged adults

Author(s) -

Arch G. Mainous,

Charles J. Everett,

Vanessa Diaz,

Richard Baker,

Massimo Mangino,

Veryan Codd,

Nilesh J. Samani

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afq118

Subject(s) - marital status , demography , medicine , gerontology , obesity , alcohol consumption , social support , telomere , ethnic group , cross sectional study , psychology , population , environmental health , alcohol , biology , genetics , dna , sociology , biochemistry , pathology , anthropology , psychotherapist

being unmarried is associated with worse health and increased mortality risk. Telomere length has emerged as a marker for biological ageing but it is unclear how telomere length relates to marital status.

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