TY  - JOUR
T1  - FIfteen-year follow-up of association between telomere length and incident cancer and cancer mortality
AU  - Willeit P, Willeit J, Kloss-Brandstätter A, Kronenberg F, Kiechl S
Y1  - 2011/07/06
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.901
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 42
EP  - 44
VL  - 306
IS  - 1
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.901
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.901
ER  -