Association of Longer Leukocyte Telomere Length With Cardiac Size, Function, and Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Longer leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with a lower risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. The extent to which variation in LTL is associated with intermediary cardiovascular phenotypes is unclear.

Objective

To evaluate the associations between LTL and a diverse set of cardiovascular imaging phenotypes.

Design, setting, and participants

This is a population-based cross-sectional study of UK Biobank participants recruited from 2006 to 2010. LTL was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction method. Cardiovascular measurements were derived from cardiovascular magnetic resonance using machine learning. The median (IQR) duration of follow-up was 12.0 (11.3-12.7) years. The associations of LTL with imaging measurements and incident h

SUBMITTER: Aung N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10372756 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature