Is Telomere Length a Biomarker for Aging: Cross-Sectional Evidence from the West of Scotland?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Der, Geoff ^a,c   Batty, G David ^c,d   Benzeval, Michaela ^a   Deary, Ian J ^c   Green, Michael J ^a   McGlynn, Liane ^b   McIntyre, Alan ^b   Robertson, Tony ^a   Shiels, Paul G ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; REACTION TIME; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84866684450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045166     Document Type: Article

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