Kwun Kiu Wong, Feifei Cheng, Cadmon K P Lim, Claudia H T Tam, Greg Tutino, Lai Yuk Yuen, Chi Chiu Wang, Yong Hou, Michael H M Chan, Chung Shun Ho, Mugdha V Joglekar, Anandwardhan A Hardikar, Alicia J Jenkins, Boyd E Metzger, William L Lowe, Wing Hung Tam, Ronald C W Ma
BACKGROUND: Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is suggested to be a biomarker of biological age and reported to be associated with metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Glucose metabolic traits including glucose and insulin levels have been reported to be associated with LTL in adulthood. However, there is relatively little research focusing on children's LTL and the association with prenatal exposures. This study investigates the relationship between maternal and offspring glucose metabolism with offspring LTL in early life...
December 20, 2022: BMC Medicine