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ArticleJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Having a Usual Source of Care Is Associated with Longer Telomere Length in a National Sample of Older Adults.

Peter Baltrus, Chaohua Li, Anne H Gaglioti

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Article in Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter BaltrusFrom the National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (PB, CL, AG); Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (PB); Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AG).
Chaohua LiFrom the National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (PB, CL, AG); Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (PB); Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AG).
Anne H GagliotiFrom the National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (PB, CL, AG); Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (PB); Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AG).
Morehouse School of Medicine · US

Funding

Research Desogn and Biostatistics CoreU54MD007588 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MAYBERRY, ROBERT M · 2012 to 2018
$24.8M
Research Education CoreP30AG031054 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DURANT, RAEGAN WINSTON · 2007 to 2025
$11.6M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG031054NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo provide a potential biological, mechanistic link for the well-established association between primary care access and reduced mortality, this study sought to measure the impact of having a usual source of health care on leukocyte telomere length (LTL). DATA SOURCES: Our study population included 3202 participants aged 50 to 84 years from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999 to 2001. STUDY

designCross-sectional Study. LTLs between people with and without a usual source of care were compared using unadjusted and adjusted linear regression models. Fully adjusted models accounted for demographic characteristics, health conditions, and health behaviors. PRINCIPAL

findingsAfter controlling for individual factors, health conditions, and health behaviors, people who had a usual source of health care had significantly longer LTL (β = 89.8 base pairs,

conclusionsHaving a usual source of health care is associated with longer LTL among older adults. This study provides a potential biologic link for the noted association between primary care access and reduced mortality that has been observed at the individual and population level.

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LeukocytesTelomereAgedCross-Sectional StudiesHumansNutrition SurveysAgingCross-Sectional StudiesHealthy AgingLeukocytesLinear ModelsNutrition SurveysPrimary Health CareTelomere

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PMID33219062
PMCPMC7758079
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