RT Journal
A1 Willeit P, Willeit J, Kloss-Brandstätter A, Kronenberg F, Kiechl S
T1 FIfteen-year follow-up of association between telomere length and incident cancer and cancer mortality
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2011
FD July 6
VO 306
IS 1
SP 42
OP 44
DO 10.1001/jama.2011.901
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.901
AB 
We have previously shown that low leukocyte telomere length (TL) is associated with an increased risk of cancer incidence and mortality.2 Although the associations were of considerable strength, independent of standard risk factors, and consistent in subgroups, the number of incident cases of cancer was less than 100. We extended the follow-up from 10 to 15 years, increased the number of events to 137, and added data from a second TL measurement because a single measurement may underestimate the true association.