Open AccessLeukocyte telomere length dynamics in women and men: menopause vs age effects
Author(s) -
Christine Dalgård,
Athanase Bénétos,
Simon Verhulst,
Carlos Labat,
Jeremy D. Kark,
Kaare Christensen,
Masayuki Kimura,
Kirsten Ohm Kyvik,
Abraham Aviv
Publication year - 2015
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/dyv165
Subject(s) - medicine , menopause , demography , attrition , confounding , population , estrogen , gynecology , environmental health , dentistry , sociology
A longer leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in women than men has been attributed to a slow rate of LTL attrition in women, perhaps due to high estrogen exposure during the premenopausal period.
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