Sociodemographic correlates and family aggregation of leukocyte telomere length in adults and children from Mesoamerica
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22942
Abstract: Telomere length is a biomarker of cumulative stress and inflammation related to chronic disease risk. We examined the associations of leukocyte telomere length (LTL) with sociodemographic and anthropometric variables and estimated LTL family aggregation in… read more here.
Keywords: leukocyte telomere; telomere length; family aggregation;
Correlates and family aggregation of vitamin D concentrations in school-aged children and their parents in nine Mesoamerican countries
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DOI: 10.1017/s1368980017001616
Abstract: Abstract Objective To determine the associations of sociodemographic characteristics, diet and outdoor activity as an indicator of sun exposure with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations in children and their parents from Mesoamerica. We also quantified… read more here.
Keywords: correlates family; family; serum; children parents ... See more keywords
Family aggregation of cardiovascular disease mortality: a register-based prospective study of pooled Nordic twin cohorts.
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DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyx012
Abstract: Background Familial factors play an important role in the variation of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but less is known about how they affect the risk of death from CVD. We estimated familial aggregation… read more here.
Keywords: aggregation; risk; study; mortality ... See more keywords