Observational studyEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2019
Healthy diets and telomere length and attrition during a 10-year follow-up.
Observational study in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Dietary inflammatory index (DII) and telomere length: a systematic review.Biogerontology · 2025Pooled it
- Mediterranean Diet and Telomere Length: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled 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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- Role of nut and seed intake on telomere length as a biomarker of ageing: a systematic review of observational and interventional studies.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Review
- Maternal Lifestyle During Pregnancy and Its Influence on Offspring's Telomere Length.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Diets with higher inflammatory and insulinemic potential are associated with shorter relative telomere length.Nutrition research and practice · 2025Article
- The Impact of the Mediterranean Diet on Telomere Biology: Implications for Disease Management-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Aging Processes Are Affected by Energy Balance: Focused on the Effects of Nutrition and Physical Activity on Telomere Length.Current nutrition reports · 2024Review
- Associations between the New DNA-Methylation-Based Telomere Length Estimator, the Mediterranean Diet and Genetics in a Spanish Population at High Cardiovascular Risk.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Dietary inflammatory potential and biological aging among US adults: a population-based study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Influence of the Mediterranean Diet on Healthy Aging.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Longitudinal Association of Telomere Dynamics with Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in Young Children.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Modulation of Telomere Length by Mediterranean Diet, Caloric Restriction, and Exercise: Results from PREDIMED-Plus Study.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Mediterranean diet and the hallmarks of ageing.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Review
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- Nuts and Older Adults' Health: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Dietary patterns and telomere length in community-dwelling Chinese older men and women: a cross-sectional analysis.European journal of nutrition · 2020Article
- The Dietary Inflammatory Index® and Alternative Healthy Eating Index 2010 in relation to leucocyte telomere length in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study.Journal of nutritional science · 2019Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundTelomeres are repeats of DNA that contain the sequence TTAGGG at the ends of each chromosome, and their function is to protect DNA from damage. Little evidence exists regarding the relationship between dietary patterns and telomere length, especially derived applying longitudinal design. The aim was to study if overall dietary pattern is associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) or faster telomere attrition or both.
methodsThe setting was longitudinal and observational. Participants were 456 men and 590 women whose birth settled in between 1934 and 1944 and who participated in the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study. Baltic sea diet score (BSDS), modified Mediterranean diet score (mMED), and dietary inflammatory index (DII
resultsBSDS, mMED, and DII did not associate with LTL in the cross-sectional analysis in men or women. Higher mMED at baseline (2001-2004) was associated with slightly faster LTL shortening during the follow-up (standardized ß -0.08, 95% CI -0.15, -0.01). No association between mMED and LTL change was found in men. Adherence to BSDS and DII did not associate with LTL change in men or women.
conclusionBaltic sea diet, Mediterranean diet, and diet's inflammatory potential seem to have only little impact on telomere length and telomere attrition in elderly Finnish men and women.
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