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Effect of intensive exercise in early adult life on telomere length in later life in men

Lifestyle Disease
Author
Laine MK et al.
Used Parameters : FFM
Publication Year : 2015
Country : Finland
Journal : Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
A career as an elite-class male athlete seems to improve metabolic heath in later life and is also associated with longer life expectancy. Telomere length is a biomarker of biological cellular ageing and could thus predict morbidity and mortality. The main aim of this study was to assess the association between vigorous elite-class physical activity during young adulthood on later life leukocyte telomere length (LTL). The study participants consist of former male Finnish elite athletes (n= 392) and their age-matched controls (n= 207) …
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