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Objective
Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) may be a biomarker for chronic disease susceptibility, but no work has tested this hypothesis directly. Our study investigated associations of LTL at birth with markers of adiposity growth that are linked with cardiometabolic health later in life.
Methods
Participants were 375 children in Project Viva (48% female, 71% White). Body mass index (BMI) trajectories...
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