Open AccessLongitudinal Associations Between Metabolic Syndrome Components and Telomere Shortening
Author(s) -
Dóra Révész,
Yuri Milaneschi,
Josine E. Verhoeven,
Jue Lin,
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2015-1995
Subject(s) - waist , metabolic syndrome , telomere , medicine , abdominal obesity , endocrinology , longitudinal study , prospective cohort study , obesity , blood pressure , cohort , biology , pathology , dna , genetics
Deterioration of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been associated with short telomere length (TL). Large-scale longitudinal studies with repeated measures of MetS and TL are lacking.
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