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 Der; Ana 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

doi:10.1016/j.exger.2013.12.004

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 Der

Ana 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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-27
Number of pages	13
Journal	Experimental gerontology
Volume	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2013.12.004
Publication status	Published - Mar 2014

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RA2661 Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Phase 2. Main Budget.
Deary, I. (Principal Investigator), Gale, C. (Co-investigator), Holmes, M. (Co-investigator), Logie, P. (Co-investigator), Maclullich, A. (Co-investigator), Porteous, D. (Co-investigator), Seckl, J. (Co-investigator), Starr, J. (Co-investigator), Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator) & Okely, J. (Researcher)
1/09/13 → 31/08/19
Project: Research
Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Phase 2.
Maclullich, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/13 → 31/08/19
Project: Research
Disconnected Mind [Phase 2]
Wardlaw, J. (Principal Investigator)
UK-based charities
1/01/11 → 31/03/16
Project: Research

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Halcyon study team, Gardner, M., Bann, D., Wiley, L., Cooper, R., Hardy, R., Nitsch, D., Martin-Ruiz, C., Shiels, P., Sayer, A. A., Barbieri, M., Bekaert, S., Bischoff, C., Brooks-Wilson, A., Chen, W., Cooper, C., Christensen, K., De Meyer, T., Deary, I., ... Park, J. Y. (2014). Gender and telomere length: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Experimental gerontology, 51, 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2013.12.004

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