ArticleeLife2021
Telomere length is associated with growth in children in rural Bangladesh.
Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01590095 (WASH Benefits Bangladesh), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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WASH Benefits Bangladesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Benefits of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Plus Nutrition Interventions on Child Growth
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Maternal experience of intimate partner violence, maternal depression, and parental stress are not associated with child telomere length in Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exposure to metal mixtures and telomere length in Bangladeshi children.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Stress biomarkers and child development in young children in Bangladesh.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
- Telomere dysfunction in some pediatric congenital and growth-related diseases.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
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Abstract
Background: Previously, we demonstrated that a water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional intervention improved linear growth and was unexpectedly associated with shortened childhood telomere length (TL) (Lin et al., 2017). Here, we assessed the association between TL and growth. Methods: We measured relative TL in whole blood from 713 children. We reported differences between the 10th percentile and 90th percentile of TL or change in TL distribution using generalized additive models, adjusted for potential confounders. Results: In cross-sectional analyses, long TL was associated with a higher length-for-age Z score at age 1 year (0.23 SD adjusted difference in length-for-age Z score [95% CI 0.05, 0.42; FDR-corrected p-value = 0.01]). TL was not associated with other outcomes. Conclusions: Consistent with the Funding: Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Clinical trial number: NCT01590095.
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