ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2020
Micronutrient status and leukocyte telomere length in school-age Colombian children.
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- Leukocyte telomere length and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Pooled it
- Maternal Telomere Length and Its Influence on Neonatal Parameters: A Potential Tool for Prenatal Screening.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Shortening Leukocyte Telomere Length Associated With Elevated Blood Diabetes-Related Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Thai Adolescents.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Robust evidence supports a causal link between higher birthweight and longer telomere length: a mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in genetics · 2024Article
- Association Between Adverse Early Life Factors and Telomere Length in Middle and Late Life.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- The association between household biomass fuel use and leukocyte telomere length among toddlers in Bhaktapur, Nepal.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Article
- Early emergence of sexual dimorphism in offspring leukocyte telomere length was associated with maternal and children's glucose metabolism-a longitudinal study.BMC medicine · 2022Article
- Potential effect of dietary zinc intake on telomere length: A cross-sectional study of US adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Placental and Cord Blood Telomere Length in Relation to Maternal Nutritional Status.The Journal of nutrition · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeLeukocyte telomere length (LTL) is a biomarker of inflammation and oxidative stress that predicts chronic disease risk. Nutritional factors are related to LTL in adulthood, but these associations are not well characterized in children. We examined whether micronutrient status biomarkers were associated with LTL in school-age children.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study of 330 boys and 393 girls aged 5-12 years from Bogotá, Colombia. We quantified blood concentrations of hemoglobin, ferritin, zinc, vitamin A, folate, and vitamin B-12; and measured LTL using qPCR in DNA extracted from buffy coat. We estimated mean differences in LTL by quartiles of micronutrient status biomarkers and categories of relevant sociodemographic and anthropometric covariates with the use of linear regression.
resultsIn girls, plasma vitamin B-12 was positively associated with LTL (adjusted LTL difference between extreme vitamin B-12 quartiles = 0.11; P, trend = 0.02). LTL was also positively associated with birth order in girls (P, trend = 0.02). In boys, LTL was not related to the micronutrient status biomarkers but, unexpectedly, it was positively associated with birth weight (P = 0.02), height-for-age Z score (P, trend = 0.01), and serum C-reactive protein (P, trend = 0.01).
conclusionsLTL is associated with vitamin B-12 status among girls. LTL is also associated with birth weight, height, and C-reactive protein in boys.
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