Telomere length is associated with growth in children in rural Bangladesh

Telomere length is associated with growth in children in rural Bangladesh

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 me...

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Main Authors: Audrie Lin, Andrew N Mertens, Benjamin F Arnold, Sophia Tan, Jue Lin, Christine P Stewart, Alan E Hubbard, Shahjahan Ali, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Abul K Shoab, Md Ziaur Rahman, Syeda L Famida, Md Saheen Hossen, Palash Mutsuddi, Salma Akther, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Md Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Firdaus S Dhabhar, Patricia Kariger, Lia CH Fernald, Stephen P Luby, John M Colford Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-09-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
telomere length
growth
child
developmental origins of health
low-income
pediatric population
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/60389

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