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Gravidity is not associated with telomere length in a biracial cohort of middle-aged women: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.

Abbi D Lane-CordovaEli PutermanErica P GundersonCheeling ChanLifang HouMercedes Carnethon
Published in: PloS one (2017)
Gravidity was not associated with telomere length in early middle age; the protective association of 2-3 births may act through other mechanisms.
Keyphrases
  • coronary artery
  • young adults
  • middle aged
  • pulmonary artery
  • polycystic ovary syndrome
  • metabolic syndrome
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • breast cancer risk
  • skeletal muscle
  • childhood cancer