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Telomere length and physical performance at older ages: an individual participant meta-analysis

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Telomeres are involved in cellular ageing and shorten with increasing age. If telomere length is a valuable biomarker of ageing, then telomere shortening should be associated with worse physical performance, an ageing trait, but evidence for such an association is lacking. The purpose of this study was to examine whether change in telomere length is associated with physical performance.Using data from four UK adult cohorts (ages 53-80 years at baseline), we undertook cross-sectional and longi...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pone.0069526

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Population Health
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Public Library of Science Publisher's website
Journal:
PLoS ONE Journal website
Volume:
8
Issue:
7
Pages:
e69526
Publication date:
2013-07-26
Acceptance date:
2013-06-12
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EISSN:
1932-6203
Language:
English
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pubs:417365
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uuid:ca20d3de-a9e2-4747-8d5a-2d4ce6848c12
Local pid:
pubs:417365
Source identifiers:
417365
Deposit date:
2013-11-17

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