Sex-specific and time-varying associations between cigarette smoking and telomere length among older adults

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 922-932

  Zhang, Chenan ^a   Lauderdale, Diane S ^a   Pierce, Brandon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Health and Retirement Study; Sex; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CHROMOSOME; DNA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETIREMENT; SALIVA; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE DOSAGE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELOMERE LENGTH; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMARKERS; DNA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 85014793669     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww102     Document Type: Article

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