Celiac disease autoimmunity is associated with leukocyte telomere shortening in older adults: The U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

CONCLUSIONS: In a nationally-representative population of adults age≥50years, CD seropositivity is significantly associated with shorter LTL, independently of age, sex, race/ethnicity, serum ferritin and folate, and socioeconomic status. This supports the enhanced telomere attrition in of CD seropositive adults. PMID: 28104447 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Experimental Gerontology - January 15, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kamycheva E, Goto T, Camargo CA Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: research