Longitudinal telomere length and body composition in healthy term-born infants during the first two years of life.
Kirsten S de FluiterVeryan CoddMatthew DenniffGerthe F KerkhofInge A L P van BeijsterveldtLaura M BreijNilesh J SamaniMarieke Abrahamse-BerkeveldAnita C S Hokken-KoelegaPublished in: PloS one (2021)
We present longitudinal LTL values and show that LTL shortens considerably (8.5%) during the first 2 years of life. LTL shortening during first 2 years of life was associated with FM%, FMI and visceral FM at age 2 years, suggesting that adverse adiposity programming in early life could contribute to more LTL shortening.