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Association between telomere length in blood and mortality in people aged 60 years or older
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During normal ageing, the gradual loss of telomeric DNA in dividing somatic cells can contribute to replicative senescence, apoptosis, or neoplastic transformation. In the genetic disorder dyskeratosis congenita, telomere shortening is accelerated, and patients have premature onset of many age-related diseases and early death. We aimed to assess an association between telomere length and mortality in 143 normal unrelated individuals over the age of 60 years. Those with shorter telomeres in blood DNA had poorer survival, attributable in part to a 3.18-fold higher mortality rate from heart disease (95% CI 1(.)36-7.45, p=0.0079), and an 8.54-fold higher mortality rate from infectious disease (1.52-47.9, p=0.015). These results lend support to the hypothesis that telomere shortening in human beings contributes to mortality in many age-related diseases.
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“telomere length has been shown to predict the replicative capacity of human cells and the appearance of certain age-associated pathologies in humans 54, 55”
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“In several studies, not only did baseline LTL correlate with medical illnesses cross-sectionally but predicted the subsequent development of cancers, CVD, diabetes or mortality (Cawthon et al., 2003; Willeit et al 2010; Zhao et al., 2014).”
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“There are some studies linking shorter LTL with premature mortality (Cawthon et al., 2003; Fitzpatrick et al., 2011; Weischer et al., 2012) and a reduction in years of healthy living (Njajou et al., 2009).”
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“Short telomeres have been linked to numerous diseases of aging and in many but not all cases, to all-cause and disease-specific mortality (12–17).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cawthon, R. M., Smith, K. R., O'Brien, E., Sivatchenko, A., & Kerber, R. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Utah (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cawthon, Richard M
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-02
- Volume
- 361
- Issue
- 9355
- Pages
- 393-395
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2145859123
- Cited by
- 1,761
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 36.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01ag013478-04, 5k01ag000767-05)
- National Institute on Aging (AG13478, K01 AG00767)
- National Cancer Institute (R29CA069421, R29 CA69421)
- NIH Clinical Center
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Keywords
- telomere length, mortality, aging, replicative senescence, dyskeratosis congenita, heart disease mortality, infectious disease mortality, age-related diseases, blood DNA, older adults
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Blood Donors, Cause of Death, Communicable Diseases, Female, Heart Diseases, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, Population Surveillance, Utah, Proportional Hazards Models, Survival Analysis, Telomere, Apoptosis, Age Distribution, Dyskeratosis Congenita
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