Published in Int J Epidemiol on September 22, 2006
Leukocyte telomeres are longer in African Americans than in whites: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study and the Bogalusa Heart Study. Aging Cell (2008) 3.24
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Cellular senescence and organismal aging. Mech Ageing Dev (2008) 1.92
Prognostic value of leukocyte telomere length in patients with stable coronary artery disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2008) 1.92
Association between telomere length, specific causes of death, and years of healthy life in health, aging, and body composition, a population-based cohort study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2009) 1.90
Telomere length, current perceived stress, and urinary stress hormones in women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2009) 1.88
Socioeconomic status, health behavior, and leukocyte telomere length in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002. Soc Sci Med (2013) 1.81
Offspring's leukocyte telomere length, paternal age, and telomere elongation in sperm. PLoS Genet (2008) 1.80
Telomeres and early-life stress: an overview. Biol Psychiatry (2012) 1.75
Longitudinal versus cross-sectional evaluations of leukocyte telomere length dynamics: age-dependent telomere shortening is the rule. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2011) 1.72
Gender and telomere length: systematic review and meta-analysis. Exp Gerontol (2013) 1.62
Telomere length in leukocytes correlates with bone mineral density and is shorter in women with osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int (2007) 1.55
Genetic anticipation is associated with telomere shortening in hereditary breast cancer. PLoS Genet (2011) 1.51
Telomere length as a risk factor for hereditary prostate cancer. Prostate (2013) 1.50
Rate of telomere shortening and cardiovascular damage: a longitudinal study in the 1946 British Birth Cohort. Eur Heart J (2014) 1.49
Telomere length in peripheral leukocyte DNA and gastric cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2009) 1.48
The telomere lengthening conundrum--artifact or biology? Nucleic Acids Res (2013) 1.38
Inverse association between adiposity and telomere length: The Fels Longitudinal Study. Am J Hum Biol (2010) 1.37
Accelerated telomere attrition is associated with relative household income, diet and inflammation in the pSoBid cohort. PLoS One (2011) 1.33
Genetic determinants of exceptional human longevity: insights from the Okinawa Centenarian Study. Age (Dordr) (2006) 1.31
Association of longer telomeres with better health in centenarians. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2008) 1.28
Childhood obesity is associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2011) 1.27
A prospective analysis of telomere length and pancreatic cancer in the alpha-tocopherol beta-carotene cancer (ATBC) prevention study. Int J Cancer (2013) 1.22
Accelerated biological ageing in HIV-infected individuals in South Africa: a case-control study. AIDS (2013) 1.20
Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and ecology. Methods Ecol Evol (2014) 1.10
Psychiatric disorders and leukocyte telomere length: Underlying mechanisms linking mental illness with cellular aging. Neurosci Biobehav Rev (2015) 1.05
Depressive symptoms are not associated with leukocyte telomere length: findings from the Nova Scotia Health Survey (NSHS95), a population-based study. PLoS One (2012) 1.05
Is socioeconomic status associated with biological aging as measured by telomere length? Epidemiol Rev (2012) 1.05
Leukocyte telomere length is associated with disability in older u.s. Population. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 1.02
Telomere length and genetic variation in telomere maintenance genes in relation to ovarian cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2012) 1.00
Leukocyte telomere length and mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002. Epidemiology (2015) 1.00
Race-related health disparities and biological aging: does rate of telomere shortening differ across blacks and whites? Biol Psychol (2014) 0.98
Leukocyte telomere length and plasma catestatin and myeloid-related protein 8/14 concentrations in children with obstructive sleep apnea. Chest (2010) 0.97
Relation between leukocyte telomere length and incident coronary heart disease events (from the 1995 Canadian Nova Scotia Health Survey). Am J Cardiol (2013) 0.96
A common variant in the telomerase RNA component is associated with short telomere length. PLoS One (2010) 0.95
Genome wide association and linkage analyses identified three loci-4q25, 17q23.2, and 10q11.21-associated with variation in leukocyte telomere length: the Long Life Family Study. Front Genet (2014) 0.93
Cognitive performance and leukocyte telomere length in two narrow age-range cohorts: a population study. BMC Geriatr (2010) 0.91
Telomeres, early-life stress and mental illness. Adv Psychosom Med (2015) 0.90
Acute exercise leads to regulation of telomere-associated genes and microRNA expression in immune cells. PLoS One (2014) 0.88
Blood cell telomere lengths and shortening rates of chimpanzee and human females. Am J Hum Biol (2014) 0.88
Do telomeres adapt to physiological stress? Exploring the effect of exercise on telomere length and telomere-related proteins. Biomed Res Int (2013) 0.86
Is telomere length socially patterned? Evidence from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. PLoS One (2012) 0.86
No association between mean telomere length and life stress observed in a 30 year birth cohort. PLoS One (2014) 0.85
Lymphocyte gene expression in subjects fed a low-choline diet differs between those who develop organ dysfunction and those who do not. Am J Clin Nutr (2007) 0.84
Endothelial aging associated with oxidative stress can be modulated by a healthy mediterranean diet. Int J Mol Sci (2013) 0.84
Impact of chemotherapy on telomere length in sporadic and familial breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2014) 0.84
Cumulative stress in research animals: Telomere attrition as a biomarker in a welfare context? Bioessays (2015) 0.84
Association of relative telomere length with progression of chronic kidney disease in two cohorts: effect modification by smoking and diabetes. Sci Rep (2015) 0.81
Up-regulation of leucocytes genes implicated in telomere dysfunction and cellular senescence correlates with depression and anxiety severity scores. PLoS One (2012) 0.81
Long-term unemployment is associated with short telomeres in 31-year-old men: an observational study in the northern Finland birth cohort 1966. PLoS One (2013) 0.81
Telomere length in human adults and high level natural background radiation. PLoS One (2009) 0.81
Meta-analysis of Telomere Length in Alzheimer's Disease. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2016) 0.81
Potential Risks in the Paradigm of Basic to Translational Research: A Critical Evaluation of qPCR Telomere Size Techniques. J Cancer Epidemiol Treat (2015) 0.80
Genetic association study of selected candidate genes (ApoB, LPL, Leptin) and telomere length in obese and hypertensive individuals. BMC Med Genet (2009) 0.80
The association of cataract with leukocyte telomere length in older adults: defining a new marker of aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2011) 0.79
Cord blood telomere length in Latino infants: relation with maternal education and infant sex. J Perinatol (2015) 0.78
Less Than Ideal Cardiovascular Health Is Associated With Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1999-2002. J Am Heart Assoc (2017) 0.77
Association of Average Telomere Length with Body-Mass Index and Vitamin D Status in Juvenile Population with Type 1 Diabetes. Zdr Varst (2015) 0.75
Promoter polymorphism in the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene is significantly associated with leukocyte telomere length in Han Chinese. PLoS One (2014) 0.75
Ocular parameters of biological ageing in HIV-infected individuals in South Africa: relationship with chronological age and systemic biomarkers of ageing. Mech Ageing Dev (2013) 0.75
Relative Telomere Repeat Mass in Buccal and Leukocyte-Derived DNA. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Cardiomyocyte-Specific Telomere Shortening is a Distinct Signature of Heart Failure in Humans. J Am Heart Assoc (2017) 0.75
Evaluation of telomere length in human cardiac tissues using cardiac quantitative FISH. Nat Protoc (2017) 0.75
Preterm infants have significantly longer telomeres than their term born counterparts. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids. Nature (2010) 28.21
Epigenetic differences arise during the lifetime of monozygotic twins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 15.46
Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature (2011) 13.25
Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure. Nat Genet (2009) 12.44
Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels. Nat Genet (2008) 10.85
Mapping cis- and trans-regulatory effects across multiple tissues in twins. Nat Genet (2012) 6.97
The effects of strontium ranelate on the risk of vertebral fracture in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. N Engl J Med (2004) 6.55
Sequence variants at CHRNB3-CHRNA6 and CYP2A6 affect smoking behavior. Nat Genet (2010) 6.49
Heritability of adult body height: a comparative study of twin cohorts in eight countries. Twin Res (2003) 6.43
A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 22 loci associated with eight hematological parameters in the HaemGen consortium. Nat Genet (2009) 6.31
Human aging-associated DNA hypermethylation occurs preferentially at bivalent chromatin domains. Genome Res (2010) 5.08
A genome-wide perspective of genetic variation in human metabolism. Nat Genet (2009) 5.00
Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations. PLoS Genet (2009) 4.97
Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways. Nat Genet (2012) 4.73
A QTL influencing F cell production maps to a gene encoding a zinc-finger protein on chromosome 2p15. Nat Genet (2007) 4.61
Multiple loci influence erythrocyte phenotypes in the CHARGE Consortium. Nat Genet (2009) 4.28
Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function. Nat Genet (2009) 4.10
Epigenome-wide scans identify differentially methylated regions for age and age-related phenotypes in a healthy ageing population. PLoS Genet (2012) 4.05
Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease. Nat Genet (2013) 3.87
The association between physical activity in leisure time and leukocyte telomere length. Arch Intern Med (2008) 3.68
Identification of new susceptibility loci for osteoarthritis (arcOGEN): a genome-wide association study. Lancet (2012) 3.48
Combined genome scans for body stature in 6,602 European twins: evidence for common Caucasian loci. PLoS Genet (2007) 3.47
Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure. Nat Genet (2011) 3.40
Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Nat Genet (2010) 3.37
Mapping genetic loci that determine leukocyte telomere length in a large sample of unselected female sibling pairs. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 3.25
Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet (2012) 3.21
Intergenic variants of HBS1L-MYB are responsible for a major quantitative trait locus on chromosome 6q23 influencing fetal hemoglobin levels in adults. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 3.10
Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations. Nat Genet (2012) 3.04
Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function. Nat Genet (2011) 3.03
Geographical structure and differential natural selection among North European populations. Genome Res (2009) 3.03
Common variants near TERC are associated with mean telomere length. Nat Genet (2010) 2.98
Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet (2013) 2.92
Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits. PLoS Genet (2013) 2.83
Collaborative meta-analysis: associations of 150 candidate genes with osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture. Ann Intern Med (2009) 2.80
Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell. Nature (2012) 2.77
FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index. Nature (2012) 2.77
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies two loci influencing age at menarche. Nat Genet (2009) 2.58
Association of JAG1 with bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures: a genome-wide association study and follow-up replication studies. Am J Hum Genet (2010) 2.57
Genome-wide association identifies OBFC1 as a locus involved in human leukocyte telomere biology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 2.47
Large-scale analysis of association between GDF5 and FRZB variants and osteoarthritis of the hip, knee, and hand. Arthritis Rheum (2009) 2.47
The relationship of bone density and fracture to incident and progressive radiographic osteoarthritis of the knee: the Chingford Study. Arthritis Rheum (2002) 2.42
A twin approach to unraveling epigenetics. Trends Genet (2011) 2.38
Cohort Profile: TwinsUK and healthy ageing twin study. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 2.37
Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia. Nat Genet (2013) 2.36
Genome-wide association study using extreme truncate selection identifies novel genes affecting bone mineral density and fracture risk. PLoS Genet (2011) 2.34
Activation markers of coagulation and fibrinolysis in twins: heritability of the prethrombotic state. Lancet (2002) 2.26
Genetic effects on baseline values of C-reactive protein and serum amyloid a protein: a comparison of monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Clin Chem (2003) 2.15
Serum branched-chain amino acid to histidine ratio: a novel metabolomic biomarker of knee osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis (2010) 2.14
Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways. Nat Genet (2012) 2.12
A genome-wide association study reveals variants in ARL15 that influence adiponectin levels. PLoS Genet (2009) 2.09
Genetics of osteoporosis from genome-wide association studies: advances and challenges. Nat Rev Genet (2012) 2.07
A genome-wide association study identifies an osteoarthritis susceptibility locus on chromosome 7q22. Arthritis Rheum (2010) 2.02
Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 2.01
Common variants in the region around Osterix are associated with bone mineral density and growth in childhood. Hum Mol Genet (2009) 1.99
The HLA class I A locus affects susceptibility to type 1 diabetes. Hum Immunol (2002) 1.98
Sex and ethnic differences in the association of ASPN, CALM1, COL2A1, COMP, and FRZB with genetic susceptibility to osteoarthritis of the knee. Arthritis Rheum (2007) 1.95
Genetic influences on female infidelity and number of sexual partners in humans: a linkage and association study of the role of the vasopressin receptor gene (AVPR1A). Twin Res (2004) 1.87
Male-pattern baldness susceptibility locus at 20p11. Nat Genet (2008) 1.87
Genome-wide association study of smoking initiation and current smoking. Am J Hum Genet (2009) 1.87
A novel variant on chromosome 7q22.3 associated with mean platelet volume, counts, and function. Blood (2009) 1.85
A genome-wide metabolic QTL analysis in Europeans implicates two loci shaped by recent positive selection. PLoS Genet (2011) 1.83
Evidence for increased bone resorption in patients with progressive knee osteoarthritis: longitudinal results from the Chingford study. Arthritis Rheum (2002) 1.82
EPHA2 is associated with age-related cortical cataract in mice and humans. PLoS Genet (2009) 1.82
Offspring's leukocyte telomere length, paternal age, and telomere elongation in sperm. PLoS Genet (2008) 1.80
Genome-wide meta-analysis points to CTC1 and ZNF676 as genes regulating telomere homeostasis in humans. Hum Mol Genet (2012) 1.77
Menopause modifies the association of leukocyte telomere length with insulin resistance and inflammation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2005) 1.76
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies confirms a susceptibility locus for knee osteoarthritis on chromosome 7q22. Ann Rheum Dis (2010) 1.75
Nevus size and number are associated with telomere length and represent potential markers of a decreased senescence in vivo. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2007) 1.75
The HBS1L-MYB intergenic region on chromosome 6q23.3 influences erythrocyte, platelet, and monocyte counts in humans. Blood (2007) 1.73
Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders. Nat Genet (2013) 1.72
Meta-analysis of telomere length in 19,713 subjects reveals high heritability, stronger maternal inheritance and a paternal age effect. Eur J Hum Genet (2013) 1.72
Loci at chromosomes 13, 19 and 20 influence age at natural menopause. Nat Genet (2009) 1.72
Genetic influences on exercise participation in 37,051 twin pairs from seven countries. PLoS One (2006) 1.71
A genome-wide study of common SNPs and CNVs in cognitive performance in the CANTAB. Hum Mol Genet (2009) 1.71
The GDF5 rs143383 polymorphism is associated with osteoarthritis of the knee with genome-wide statistical significance. Ann Rheum Dis (2010) 1.70
The role of adiposity in cardiometabolic traits: a Mendelian randomization analysis. PLoS Med (2013) 1.70
Klotho gene polymorphisms associated with bone density of aged postmenopausal women. J Bone Miner Res (2002) 1.69
Genetic epidemiology of hip and knee osteoarthritis. Nat Rev Rheumatol (2010) 1.67
Genome-wide association analysis identifies multiple loci related to resting heart rate. Hum Mol Genet (2010) 1.67
Novel genetic variants associated with lumbar disc degeneration in northern Europeans: a meta-analysis of 4600 subjects. Ann Rheum Dis (2012) 1.66
Pain reporting at different body sites is explained by a single underlying genetic factor. Rheumatology (Oxford) (2010) 1.65
Multiple loci are associated with white blood cell phenotypes. PLoS Genet (2011) 1.65
A susceptibility locus for myopia in the normal population is linked to the PAX6 gene region on chromosome 11: a genomewide scan of dizygotic twins. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 1.63
Evaluation of the genetic overlap between osteoarthritis with body mass index and height using genome-wide association scan data. Ann Rheum Dis (2012) 1.62
Interleukin-6 is a significant predictor of radiographic knee osteoarthritis: The Chingford Study. Arthritis Rheum (2009) 1.61
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis. Nat Genet (2011) 1.60
A variant in MCF2L is associated with osteoarthritis. Am J Hum Genet (2011) 1.60
Human metabolic profiles are stably controlled by genetic and environmental variation. Mol Syst Biol (2011) 1.60
Heritability of responses to painful stimuli in women: a classical twin study. Brain (2007) 1.59
Obesity is an important determinant of baseline serum C-reactive protein concentration in monozygotic twins, independent of genetic influences. Circulation (2004) 1.59
cMYB is involved in the regulation of fetal hemoglobin production in adults. Blood (2006) 1.59
Structural, psychological, and genetic influences on low back and neck pain: a study of adult female twins. Arthritis Rheum (2004) 1.57