Frailty and telomere length: cross-sectional analysis in 3537 older adults from the ESTHER cohort

Both telomere length and frailty were observed to be associated with aging. Whether and to what extent telomere length is related to frailty is essentially unknown. In this cross-sectional analysis of baseline data of 3537 community-dwelling adults aged 50 to 75years of a large German cohort study,...

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Main Authors:	Saum, Kai-Uwe (Author) , Dieffenbach, Aida Karina (Author) , Müezzinler, Aysel (Author) , Müller, Heiko (Author) , Holleczek, Bernd (Author) , Stegmaier, Christa (Author) , Butterbach, Katja (Author) , Schick, Matthias (Author) , Canzian, Federico (Author) , Stammer, Hermann (Author) , Boukamp, Petra (Author) , Hauer, Klaus (Author) , Brenner, Hermann (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	21 August 2014
In:	Experimental gerontology Year: 2014, Volume: 58, Pages: 250-255
ISSN:	1873-6815
DOI:	10.1016/j.exger.2014.08.009
Online Access:	Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2014.08.009 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556514002459
Author Notes:	Kai-Uwe Saum, Aida Karina Dieffenbach, Aysel Müezzinler, Heiko Müller, Bernd Holleczek, Christa Stegmaier, Katja Butterbach, Matthias Schick, Federico Canzian, Hermann Stammer, Petra Boukamp, Klaus Hauer, Hermann Brenner