Childhood obesity and leucocyte telomere length

Lamprokostopoulou, A; Moschonis, G; Manios, Y; Critselis, E; Nicolaides, NC; Stefa, A; Koniari, E; Gagos, S; Charmandari, E

Nicolaides, NC (reprint author), Acad Athens, Biomed Res Fdn, Ctr Clin Res Expt Surg & Translat Res, Div Endocrinol & Metab, 4 Soranou Efessiou St, Athens 11527, Greece.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, 2019; 49 (12):

Abstract

Background Obesity in adulthood is associated with decreased leucocyte telomere length (LTL), which is associated with cardiovascular disease and diab......

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