Rate of telomere shortening and cardiovascular damage: a longitudinal study in the 1946 British Birth Cohort.

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Published in Eur Heart J on June 22, 2014

Authors

Stefano Masi1, Francesco D'Aiuto2, Carmen Martin-Ruiz3, Tauseef Kahn4, Andrew Wong5, Arjun K Ghosh5, Peter Whincup6, Diana Kuh5, Alan Hughes7, Thomas von Zglinicki3, Rebecca Hardy5, John Eric Deanfield8, NSHD scientific and data collection teams

Author Affiliations

1: Vascular Physiology Unit, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK King's College Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
2: Periodontology Unit, Eastman Dental Institute, University College of London, London, UK.
3: Institute of Aging and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
4: Vascular Physiology Unit, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK.
5: MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, London, UK.
6: Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George's University of London, London, UK.
7: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Academic Health Sciences Centre, London, UK.
8: Vascular Physiology Unit, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK National Centre for Cardiovascular Prevention and Outcomes, University College London, 170 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7HA London, UK j.deanfield@ucl.ac.uk.

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