Inflammation and not cardiovascular risk factors is associated with short leukocyte telomere length in 13-to 16-year-old adolescents

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2029-2034

  Masi, Stefano ^a,d   Nightingale, Claire M ^e   Day, Ian N M ^f   Guthrie, Philip ^f   Rumley, Ann ^g   Lowe, Gordon D O ^g   Von Zglinicki, Thomas ^h   D'Aiuto, Francesco ^b   Taddei, Stefano ^d   Klein, Nigel ^a   Salpea, Klelia ^c   Cook, Derek G ^e   Humphries, Steve E ^c   Whincup, Peter H ^e   Deanfield, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; cardiovascular risk factors; inflammation; telomeres; young

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84864285000     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.250589     Document Type: Article

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