Maternal adiposity and infancy growth predict later telomere length: A longitudinal cohort study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1063-1069

  Guzzardi, M A ^a   Iozzo, P ^a   Salonen, M K ^b,c   Kajantie, E ^b,d,e   Eriksson, J G ^b,c,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; AGING; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; TELOMERE; TIME FACTOR;

ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84976277547     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2016.58     Document Type: Article

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