No association between body size at birth and leucocyte telomere length in adult life--evidence from three cohort studies | Zendy

Eero Kajantie | Zendy; Kirsi H. Pietiläinen | Zendy; Karoliina Wehkalampi | Zendy; Laura Kananen | Zendy; Katri Räikkönen | Zendy; A. Rissanen | Zendy; Petteri Hovi | Zendy; Jaakko Kaprio | Zendy; Sture Andersson | Zendy; Johan G. Eriksson | Zendy; Iiris Hovatta | Zendy

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No association between body size at birth and leucocyte telomere length in adult life--evidence from three cohort studies

Author(s) -

Eero Kajantie,

Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,

Karoliina Wehkalampi,

Laura Kananen,

Katri Räikkönen,

A. Rissanen,

Petteri Hovi,

Jaakko Kaprio,

Sture Andersson,

Johan G. Eriksson,

Iiris Hovatta

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dys127

Subject(s) - birth weight , medicine , gestational age , cohort , cohort study , telomere , ageing , population , low birth weight , pediatrics , demography , pregnancy , biology , genetics , dna , environmental health , sociology

Shorter leucocyte telomere length (LTL) is a promising marker of biological ageing. It is predicted by cumulative adverse conditions throughout life course, but few studies have data from the prenatal period when most developmental processes and cell replication take place. We studied whether body size at birth and underlying factors including severely preterm birth predict LTL in adult life.

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