Open AccessUltra-processed food consumption and the risk of short telomeres in an elderly population of the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) Project
Author(s) -
Lucia AlonsoPedrero,
Ana OjedaRodríguez,
Miguel Ángel MartínezGonzález,
Guillermo Zalba,
Maira BesRastrollo,
Amelia Martí
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa075
Subject(s) - quartile , medicine , consumption (sociology) , logistic regression , population , odds ratio , telomere , percentile , gerontology , demography , environmental health , odds , population ageing , biology , confidence interval , genetics , dna , social science , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Telomere length (TL) is a marker of biological age that may be affected by dietary factors through oxidation and inflammation mechanisms. In addition, ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption has increased worldwide and it has been associated with the risk of developing several diseases.
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