Leukocyte telomere length and its relation to food and nutrient intake in an elderly population

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1290-1294

  Tiainen, A Mk ^a,b   Mannisto S ^a   Blomstedt, P A ^a   Moltchanova, E ^a,c   Perala M M ^a   Kaartinen, N E ^a   Kajantie, E ^a,d   Kananen, L ^e   Hovatta, I ^a,e   Eriksson, J G ^a,b,e,f,g  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

Author keywords

fats; food intake; food frequency questionnaire; telomere; vegetables

Indexed keywords

FAT; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MARGARINE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BERRY; BODY MASS; BUTTER; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGUME; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; VEGETABLE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84870858019     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.143     Document Type: Article

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