Shorter leukocyte telomere length is associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes: A cohort study in UK Biobank

Shorter leukocyte telomere length is associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes: A cohort study in UK Biobank

Background Older age is the most powerful risk factor for adverse coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) outcomes. It is uncertain whether leucocyte telomere length (LTL), previously proposed as a marker of biological age, is also associated with COVID-19 outcomes.Methods We associated LTL values obtaine...

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Main Authors: Qingning Wang, Veryan Codd, Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, Crispin Musicha, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Stephen Kaptoge, Elias Allara, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Adam S. Butterworth, Angela M. Wood, John R. Thompson, Steffen E Petersen, Nicholas C. Harvey, John N. Danesh, Nilesh J. Samani, Christopher P. Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396421002784

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