Open AccessAssociation Between Leukocyte Telomere Length and Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Singapore Chinese Health Study
Author(s) -
Hung N. Luu,
Meiyuzhen Qi,
Renwei Wang,
Jennifer Adams-Haduch,
Iva Miljkovic,
Patricia L. Opresko,
Aizhen Jin,
WoonPuay Koh,
JianMin Yuan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical and translational gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.673
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2155-384X
DOI - 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000043
Subject(s) - colorectal cancer , medicine , hazard ratio , telomere , oncology , quartile , cancer , proportional hazards model , cohort study , confidence interval , cohort , genetics , biology , dna
Telomeres and telomerase play important roles in maintaining chromosome integrity and genomic stability. To address a lack of consensus about the association between leukocyte telomere length and colorectal cancer, we investigated this association in the Singapore Chinese Health Study.