Gender and telomere length: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Halcyon study team, Michael Gardner, David Bann, Laura Wiley, Rachel Cooper, Rebecca Hardy, Dorothea Nitsch, Carmen Martin-Ruiz, Paul Shiels, Avan Aihie Sayer, Michelangela Barbieri, Sofie Bekaert, Claus Bischoff, Angela Brooks-Wilson, Wei Chen, Cyrus Cooper, Kaare Christensen, Tim De Meyer, Ian Deary, Geoff DerAna Diez Roux, Annette Fitzpatrick, Anjum Hajat, Julius Halaschek-Wiener, Sarah Harris, Steven C Hunt, Carol Jagger, Hyo-Sung Jeon, Robert Kaplan, Masayuki Kimura, Peter Lansdorp, Changyong Li, Toyoki Maeda, Massimo Mangino, Tim S Nawrot, Peter Nilsson, Katarina Nordfjall, Giuseppe Paolisso, Fu Ren, Karl Riabowol, Tony Robertson, Goran Roos, Jan A Staessen, Tim Spector, Nelson Tang, Brad Unryn, Pim van der Harst, Jean Woo, Chao Xing, Mohammad E Yadegarfar, Jae Yong Park

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Abstract

It is widely believed that females have longer telomeres than males, although results from studies have been contradictory.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15-27
Number of pages13
JournalExperimental gerontology
Volume51
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014

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