ArticleAging and disease2018
Short Telomere Length is Associated with Aging, Central Obesity, Poor Sleep and Hypertension in Lebanese Individuals.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Leukocyte telomere length and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of Nutrition on Telomere Health: Systematic Review of Observational Cohort Studies and Randomized Clinical Trials.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
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- Toward Holistic Aging in Lebanon: A Mapping of Gerontology and Geriatrics Research Trends, Gaps, and Future Directions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Exploring Chronic Pain, Immune Dysfunction and Lifestyle: A Focus on T Cell Exhaustion and Senescence.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Association of Hypertension With Telomere Length, Considering Non-Genetic and Genetic Factors, in Middle-Aged Koreans.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025Article
- Multifaceted dynamics of circadian timing system influence aging and longevity.Biogerontology · 2025Review
- Father's adolescent body silhouette is associated with offspring asthma, lung function and BMI through DNA methylation.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Association of self-reported sleep duration with leukocyte telomere length in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
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- Aging Processes Are Affected by Energy Balance: Focused on the Effects of Nutrition and Physical Activity on Telomere Length.Current nutrition reports · 2024Review
- Mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses reveal an association between short sleep duration or morning chronotype and altered leukocyte telomere length.Communications biology · 2023Article
- Central obesity and its association with retinal age gap: insights from the UK Biobank study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Article
- Association between the anthropometric measurements and dietary habits on telomere shortening in healthy older adults: A-cross-sectional study.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2023Article
- Mediating effect of telomere length in a hypertension population exposed to cadmium: a case-control study.Journal of human hypertension · 2023Article
- The association between sleep quality and telomere length: A systematic literature review.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2023Review
- Fructose intake and its association with relative telomere length: an exploratory study among healthy Lebanese adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- In Vitro Determination of the Skin Anti-Aging Potential of Four-Component Plant-Based Ingredient.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Telomere Length Is Correlated with Resting Metabolic Rate and Aerobic Capacity in Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Mediation Effect of Platelet Traits on Associations of Central Obesity with Aging Biomarkers in Rural Adults of Henan, China.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
In Lebanon, data stemming from national cross-sectional surveys indicated significant increasing trends in the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and associated behavioral and age-related risk factors. To our knowledge, no data are available on relative telomere length (RTL) as a potential biomarker for age-related diseases in a Lebanese population. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether there is an association between RTL and demographic characteristics, lifestyle habits and diseases in the Lebanese. This was a cross-sectional study of 497 Lebanese subjects. Peripheral blood RTL was measured by amplifying telomere and single copy gene using real-time PCR. Mean ± SD RTL was 1.42 ± 0.83, and it was categorized into 3 tertiles. Older age (
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