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SUBMITTER: Gao X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8806079 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gao Xiao X Kong Yawei Y Li Shengxu S Dong Shiqiu S Huang Xinyu X Qi Deyu D Zhang Tao T Yan Yinkun Y Chen Wei W
Frontiers in aging neuroscience 20220118
We aimed to examine the association between serum cotinine and leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and the intermediate effects of body mass index (BMI) and C-reactive protein (CRP) on modulating the association. This study included 4,047 adults from the 1999 to 2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In the combined sample, after adjusting for age, race, sex, physical activity, and alcohol use, the total effect of serum cotinine on LTL was significant (standardized regression coeffic ...[more]