Open AccessLeukocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number, anthropometric indices, and weight change in US women
Author(s) -
Shasha Meng,
Shaowei Wu,
Liming Liang,
Geyu Liang,
Edward L. Giovannucci,
Immaculata De Vivo,
Hongmei Nan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
oncotarget
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.373
H-Index - 127
ISSN - 1949-2553
DOI - 10.18632/oncotarget.10325
Subject(s) - public health , medicine , gerontology , anthropometry , epidemiology , population , family medicine , demography , environmental health , pathology , sociology
To examine the association between leukocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtCN) and different anthropometric indices as well as weight changes; and to compare mtCN and telomere length with respect to their associations with BMI and age.
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