Inverse association between adiposity and telomere length: The fels longitudinal study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-106

  Lee, Miryoung ^a   Martin, Hilarie ^b   Firpo, Matthew A ^c   Demerath, Ellen W ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; GLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; TELOMERE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; OHIO; TELOMERE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78650149054     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21109     Document Type: Article

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