25-Hydroxyvitamin D concentration and leukocyte telomere length in young adults: Findings from the Northern Finland birth cohort 1966

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 191-198

  Williams, Dylan M ^a,b   Palaniswamy, Saranya ^b   Sebert, Sylvain ^b   Buxton, Jessica L ^c   Blakemore, Alexandra I F ^a,d   Hyppönen, Elina ^e,f,g   Jarvelin, Marjo Riitta ^a,b,h  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

biological aging; Northern Finland Birth Cohorts; telomere length; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL; BODY MASS; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PROTEIN; SMOKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

FINLAND;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84962307819     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv203     Document Type: Article

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