Leucocyte telomere length is no molecular marker of physical frailty in late-life depression.

CONCLUSION: LTL is not associated with frailty; neither in non-depressed nor in depressed older persons. As LTL and physical frailty appear to represent different aspects of ageing, they may complement each other in future studies.
PMID: 30071286 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Experimental Gerontology - July 30, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Arts MHL, Collard RM, Comijs HC, de Jonge L, Penninx BWJH, Naarding P, Kok RM, Oude Voshaar RC Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: research