Association of leukocyte telomere length with obesity-related traits in Asian children with early-onset obesity.

Delicia Shu Qin OoiRajkumar DorajooResham L GurungRoghayeh DehghanYvonne Yijuan LimCindy Wei Li HoVeronica TayVijaya KaruppiahKah Yin LokeSu Chi LimJian-Jun LiuAndrew Anjian SngYung Seng Lee

Published in: Pediatric obesity (2021)

We showed for the first time that Asian children with severe obesity had shorter LTL, and the shortening of LTL was associated with other adiposity measures including waist circumference and skin-fold measurements.

Keyphrases

early onset
insulin resistance
weight gain
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
body mass index
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
late onset
young adults
adipose tissue
body weight
gene expression
physical activity