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Juhász V, Ország A, Balla D, Szabó L, Sydó N, Kiss O, Csulak E, Babity M, Dohy Z, Skoda R, Becker D, Merkely B, Benczúr A, Vágó H, Kerepesi C. Blood Test-Based Age Acceleration Is Inversely Associated with High-Volume Sports Activity. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2024; 56:868-875. [PMID: 38306315 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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PURPOSE We develop blood test-based aging clocks and examine how these clocks reflect high-volume sports activity. METHODS We use blood tests and body metrics data of 421 Hungarian athletes and 283 age-matched controls (mean age, 24.1 and 23.9 yr, respectively), the latter selected from a group of healthy Caucasians of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to represent the general population ( n = 11,412). We train two age prediction models (i.e., aging clocks) using the NHANES dataset: the first model relies on blood test parameters only, whereas the second one additionally incorporates body measurements and sex. RESULTS We find lower age acceleration among athletes compared with the age-matched controls with a median value of -1.7 and 1.4 yr, P < 0.0001. BMI is positively associated with age acceleration among the age-matched controls ( r = 0.17, P < 0.01) and the unrestricted NHANES population ( r = 0.11, P < 0.001). We find no association between BMI and age acceleration within the athlete dataset. Instead, age acceleration is positively associated with body fat percentage ( r = 0.21, P < 0.05) and negatively associated with skeletal muscle mass (Pearson r = -0.18, P < 0.05) among athletes. The most important blood test features in age predictions were serum ferritin, mean cell volume, blood urea nitrogen, and albumin levels. CONCLUSIONS We develop and apply blood test-based aging clocks to adult athletes and healthy controls. The data suggest that high-volume sports activity is associated with slowed biological aging. Here, we propose an alternative, promising application of routine blood tests.
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- Vencel Juhász
- Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI), Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN), Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI), Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN), Budapest, HUNGARY
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- Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI), Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN), Budapest, HUNGARY
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Shi Q, Qi K. Developmental origins of health and disease: Impact of paternal nutrition and lifestyle. Pediatr Investig 2023; 7:111-131. [PMID: 37324600 PMCID: PMC10262906 DOI: 10.1002/ped4.12367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
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Most epidemiological and experimental studies have focused on maternal influences on offspring's health. The impact of maternal undernutrition, overnutrition, hypoxia, and stress is linked to adverse offspring outcomes across a range of systems including cardiometabolic, respiratory, endocrine, and reproduction among others. During the past decade, it has become evident that paternal environmental factors are also linked to the development of diseases in offspring. In this article, we aim to outline the current understanding of the impact of male health and environmental exposure on offspring development, health, and disease and explore the mechanisms underlying the paternal programming of offspring health. The available evidence suggests that poor paternal pre-conceptional nutrition and lifestyle, and advanced age can increase the risk of negative outcomes in offspring, via both direct (genetic/epigenetic) and indirect (maternal uterine environment) effects. Beginning at preconception, and during utero and the early life after birth, cells acquire an epigenetic memory of the early exposure which can be influential across the entire lifespan and program a child's health. Potentially not only mothers but also fathers should be advised that maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle is important to improve offspring health as well as the parental health status. However, the evidence is mostly based on animal studies, and well-designed human studies are urgently needed to verify findings from animal data.
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- Qiaoyu Shi
- Laboratory of Nutrition and Development, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's HospitalCapital Medical University, National Center for Children's HealthBeijingChina
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- Laboratory of Nutrition and Development, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's HospitalCapital Medical University, National Center for Children's HealthBeijingChina
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Zheng B, Fu J. Telomere dysfunction in some pediatric congenital and growth-related diseases. Front Pediatr 2023; 11:1133102. [PMID: 37077333 PMCID: PMC10106694 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1133102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023] Open
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Telomere wear and dysfunction may lead to aging-related diseases. Moreover, increasing evidence show that the occurrence, development, and prognosis of some pediatric diseases are also related to telomere dysfunction. In this review, we systematically analyzed the relationship between telomere biology and some pediatric congenital and growth-related diseases and proposed new theoretical basis and therapeutic targets for the treatment of these diseases.
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Prenatal Household Air Pollution Exposure, Cord Blood Mononuclear Cell Telomere Length and Age Four Blood Pressure: Evidence from a Ghanaian Pregnancy Cohort. TOXICS 2021; 9:toxics9070169. [PMID: 34357912 PMCID: PMC8309911 DOI: 10.3390/toxics9070169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 07/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Associations between prenatal household air pollution exposure (HAP), newborn telomere length and early childhood blood pressure are unknown. Methods: Pregnant women were randomized to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove, improved biomass stove or control (traditional, open fire cook stove). HAP was measured by personal carbon monoxide (CO) (n = 97) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (n = 60). At birth, cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMCs) were collected for telomere length (TL) analyses. At child age four years, we measured resting blood pressure (BP) (n = 97). We employed multivariable linear regression to determine associations between prenatal HAP and cookstove arm and assessed CBMC relative to TL separately. We then examined associations between CBMC TL and resting BP. Results: Higher prenatal PM2.5 exposure was associated with reduced TL (β = -4.9% (95% CI -8.6, -0.4), p = 0.03, per 10 ug/m3 increase in PM2.5). Infants born to mothers randomized to the LPG cookstove had longer TL (β = 55.3% (95% CI 16.2, 109.6), p < 0.01)) compared with control. In all children, shorter TL was associated with higher systolic BP (SBP) (β = 0.35 mmHg (95% CI 0.001, 0.71), p = 0.05, per 10% decrease in TL). Increased prenatal HAP exposure is associated with shorter TL at birth. Shorter TL at birth is associated with higher age four BP, suggesting that TL at birth may be a biomarker of HAP-associated disease risk.
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de Fluiter KS, Codd V, Denniff M, Kerkhof GF, van Beijsterveldt IALP, Breij LM, Samani NJ, Abrahamse-Berkeveld M, Hokken-Koelega ACS. Longitudinal telomere length and body composition in healthy term-born infants during the first two years of life. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0246400. [PMID: 33529269 PMCID: PMC7853438 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is one of the markers of biological aging as shortening occurs over time. Shorter LTL has been associated with adiposity and a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases. The objective was to assess LTL and LTL shortening during the first 2 years of life in healthy, term-born infants and to associate LTL shortening with potential stressors and body composition. STUDY DESIGN In 145 healthy, term-born infants (85 boys), we measured LTL in blood, expressed as telomere to single-gene copy ratio (T/S ratio), at 3 months and 2 years by quantitative PCR technique. Fat mass (FM) was assessed longitudinally by PEAPOD, DXA, and abdominal FM by ultrasound. RESULTS LTL decreased by 8.5% from 3 months to 2 years (T/S ratio 4.10 vs 3.75, p<0.001). LTL shortening from 3 months to 2 years associated with FM%(R = 0.254), FM index(R = 0.243) and visceral FM(R = 0.287) at 2 years. LTL shortening tended to associate with gain in FM% from 3 to 6 months (R = 0.155, p = 0.11), in the critical window for adiposity programming. There was a trend to a shorter LTL in boys at 2 years(p = 0.056). LTL shortening from 3 months to 2 years was not different between sexes. CONCLUSION We present longitudinal LTL values and show that LTL shortens considerably (8.5%) during the first 2 years of life. LTL shortening during first 2 years of life was associated with FM%, FMI and visceral FM at age 2 years, suggesting that adverse adiposity programming in early life could contribute to more LTL shortening.
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- Kirsten S. de Fluiter
- Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Dutch Growth Research Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Epel ES. The geroscience agenda: Toxic stress, hormetic stress, and the rate of aging. Ageing Res Rev 2020; 63:101167. [PMID: 32979553 PMCID: PMC7520385 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2020.101167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Geroscience offers a counterpoint to the challenged pursuit of curing diseases of aging, by focusing on slowing the biological aging process for extended healthspan earlier in life. Remarkable progress has led this field toward animal trials and the next challenge lies with translation to humans. There is an emerging number of small human trials that can take advantage of new models integrating behavioral and social factors. Understanding dynamic aging mechanisms, given the powerful social determinants of aging (Crimmins, 2020) and human variability and environmental contexts (Moffitt, 2020), will be critical. Behavioral and social factors are intrinsic to aging. Toxic stressors broadly defined can lead to stress-acceleration of aging, either directly impacting aging processes or by shaping poor behavioral health, and underlie the socioeconomic disparities of aging. In contrast, hormetic stressors, acute intermittent stressors of moderate intensity, can produce stress resilience, the ability for quick recovery and possibly rejuvenation of cells and tissues. Although health research usually examines static biomarkers, aging is reflected in dynamic ability to recover from challenges pointing to new interventions and targets for examining mechanisms. A fuller model incorporating stress resilience provides innovative biobehavioral interventions, both for bolstering response to challenges, such as COVID-19, and for improving healthspan.
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- Elissa S Epel
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, & Center for Health and Community, University of California, 3333 California St, Ste 465, San Francisco, CA, 94122, United States.
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Shavlovskaya OA, Zolotovskaya IA, Prokofyeva YS. Anti-inflammatory and anti-aging effects of chondroitin sulfate. NEUROLOGY, NEUROPSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOSOMATICS 2020. [DOI: 10.14412/2074-2711-2020-5-111-116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Biological ageing is a process that changes living systems over time, causing impairments in their structure and function. Studying the individual biomarkers of ageing is regarded as the most plausible current theory of age-related inflammatory processes (inflammageing). According to this theory, slightly pronounced chronic aseptic inflammation develops during ageing, which is the basis for the pathogenesis of age-related syndromes and diseases. A key role in implementing different cellular interactions and in regulating the type of an inflammatory response is assigned to the cytokine status (nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1 (IL-1) and IL-6) in an elderly patient with age-related diseases, such as osteoarthritis (OA) and diabetes mellitus (DM), developed in the altered background. Anti-inflammatory drugs include chondroitin sulfate (CS) that, in addition to directly affecting the severity of pain syndrome in OA, also has a modulating effect on the level of systemic inflammation. Pharmaceutical CS plays an important role in tissue remodeling, cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation, apoptosis, activation and deactivation of chemokines and cytokines, by increasing the synthesis of hyaluronic acid and proteoglycans, by suppressing the synthesis of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), IL-1, and IL-6 and the expression of cytokines and NF-κB. CS belongs to anti-aging drugs.
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- A.I. Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Ministry of Health of Russia;
S.I. Spasokukotsky Moscow City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department
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McAninch D, Bianco-Miotto T, Gatford KL, Leemaqz SY, Andraweera PH, Garrett A, Plummer MD, Dekker GA, Roberts CT, Smithers LG, Grieger JA. The metabolic syndrome in pregnancy and its association with child telomere length. Diabetologia 2020; 63:2140-2149. [PMID: 32728890 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-020-05242-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to determine whether presence of the metabolic syndrome in pregnancy associates with child telomere length or child anthropometry (weight, BMI) and BP, measured at 10 years of age. METHODS The Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints study (SCOPE) was a multicentre, international prospective cohort of nulliparous pregnant women recruited from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the UK (N = 5628). The current analysis is a 10 year follow-up of SCOPE pregnant women and their children, from the Australian cohort. Clinical data collected at 14-16 weeks' gestation during the SCOPE study were used to diagnose the metabolic syndrome using IDF criteria. Telomere length, a biomarker of ageing, was assessed by quantitative PCR from children's saliva collected at 10 years of age. RESULTS In women who completed follow-up (n = 255), 20% had the metabolic syndrome in pregnancy. After adjusting for a range of confounders, children of mothers who had the metabolic syndrome in pregnancy had 14% shorter telomeres than children of mothers without the metabolic syndrome in pregnancy (mean difference -0.36 [95% CI -0.74, 0.01]). Height- and weight-for-age, and BMI z scores were similar in children of mothers who did and did not have the metabolic syndrome during pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Children of mothers who had the metabolic syndrome in pregnancy have shorter telomeres, a biomarker of accelerated ageing. These findings warrant further studies in larger cohorts of children, as well as investigations into whether telomere length measured in cord blood associates with telomere length in childhood.
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- Dale McAninch
- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Waite Research Institute, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Women and Children's Division, Lyell McEwin Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
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TERC Variants Associated with Short Leukocyte Telomeres: Implication of Higher Early Life Leukocyte Telomere Attrition as Assessed by the Blood-and-Muscle Model. Cells 2020; 9:cells9061360. [PMID: 32486379 PMCID: PMC7349705 DOI: 10.3390/cells9061360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Short leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Mendelian randomisation studies, using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with short LTL, infer a causal role of LTL in ASCVD. Recent results, using the blood-and-muscle model, indicate that higher early life LTL attrition, as estimated by the ratio between LTL and skeletal muscle telomere length (MTL), rather than short LTL at conception, as estimated by MTL, should be responsible of the ASCVD-LTL connection. We combined LTL and MTL measurements and SNPs profiling in 402 individuals to determine if 15 SNPs classically described as associated with short LTL at adult age were rather responsible for higher LTL attrition during early life than for shorter LTL at birth. Two of these SNPs (rs12696304 and rs10936599) were associated with LTL in our cohort (p = 0.027 and p = 0.025, respectively). These SNPs, both located on the TERC gene, were associated with the LTL/MTL ratio (p = 0.007 and p = 0.037, respectively), but not with MTL (p = 0.78 and p = 0.32 respectively). These results suggest that SNPs located on genes coding for telomere maintenance proteins may contribute to a higher LTL attrition during the highly replicative first years of life and have an impact later on the development of ASCVD.
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Phang M, Ross J, Raythatha JH, Dissanayake HU, McMullan RL, Kong Y, Hyett J, Gordon A, Molloy P, Skilton MR. Epigenetic aging in newborns: role of maternal diet. Am J Clin Nutr 2020; 111:555-561. [PMID: 31942922 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Epigenetic aging is associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality and may be a mechanistic link between early-life exposures, such as maternal dietary characteristics during pregnancy, and risk of adult disease. OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the early-life risk factors for newborn epigenetic aging, specifically maternal dietary macronutrient intake, and whether epigenetic aging is associated with cardiovascular health markers in the newborn. METHODS Epigenetic age acceleration of 169 newborns was measured from saliva using the Horvath age calculator. Maternal diet during pregnancy was assessed using food-frequency questionnaires. RESULTS Newborns with positive age acceleration were more likely to be female and have greater body fatness. Maternal intakes of saturated fat [6.2 wk epigenetic age acceleration (95% CI: 1.0, 11.3) per 5% of energy; P = 0.02] and monounsaturated fat [12.4 wk (95% CI: 4.2, 20.5) per 5% of energy; P = 0.003] were associated with higher epigenetic age acceleration in the newborn. The strongest association of individual fatty acids were for palmitoleic acid (25.3 wk; 95% CI: 11.4, 39.2; P = 0.0004), oleic acid (2.2 wk; 95% CI: 0.8, 3.6; P = 0.002), and palmitic acid (2.9 wk; 95% CI: 1.0, 4.9; P = 0.004) per 1% of energy intake. Vitamin D supplementation was associated with lower epigenetic age acceleration (-8.1 wk; 95% CI: -14.5, -1.7; P = 0.01). Epigenetic age acceleration was associated with aortic intima-media thickness in preterm infants [1.0 µm (95% CI: 0.2, 1.8) per week of epigenetic age acceleration; P = 0.01], but not among those born at term (P = 0.78). Epigenetic age acceleration was not associated with heart rate variability in either preterm or term born infants (both P > 0.2). CONCLUSIONS This study provides evidence of maternal dietary characteristics that are associated with epigenetic aging in the offspring. Prospective intervention studies are required to determine whether such associations are causal.
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- Melinda Phang
- Boden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise, and Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Sydney, Australia
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- Boden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise, and Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Boden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise, and Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Sleep Research Group, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Boden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise, and Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Boden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise, and Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Boden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise, and Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Garden FL, Toelle BG, Mihrshahi S, Webb KL, Almqvist C, Tovey ER, Brew BK, Ayer JG, Skilton MR, Jones G, Ferreira MAR, Cowie CT, Weber-Chrysochoou C, Britton WJ, Celermajer DS, Leeder SR, Peat JK, Marks GB. Cohort profile: The Childhood Asthma Prevention Study (CAPS). Int J Epidemiol 2019; 47:1736-1736k. [PMID: 29800224 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Frances L Garden
- South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Nutrition Policy Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Unit at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Heart Centre for Children, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Mycobacterial Research Program, Centenary Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Fischer KE, Riddle NC. Sex Differences in Aging: Genomic Instability. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2019; 73:166-174. [PMID: 28575157 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glx105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aging is characterized by decreasing physiological integration, reduced function, loss of resilience, and increased risk of death. Paradoxically, although women live longer, they suffer greater morbidity particularly late in life. These sex differences in human lifespan and healthspan are consistently observed in all countries and during every era for which reliable data exist. While these differences are ubiquitous in humans, evidence of sex differences in longevity and health for other species is more equivocal. Among fruit flies, nematodes, and mice, sex differences in lifespan vary depending on strain and treatment. In this review, we focus on sex differences in age-related alterations in DNA damage and mutation rates, telomere attrition, epigenetics, and nuclear architecture. We find that robust sex differences exist, eg, the higher incidence of DNA damage in men compared to women, but sex differences are not often conserved between species. For most mechanisms reviewed here, there are insufficient data to make a clear determination regarding the impact of sex, largely because sex differences have not been analyzed. Overall, our findings reveal an urgent need for well-designed studies that explicitly examine sex differences in molecular drivers of aging.
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- Department of Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Barraclough JY, Skilton MR, Garden FL, Toelle BG, Marks GB, Celermajer DS. Early and late childhood telomere length predict subclinical atherosclerosis at age 14 yrs. - The CardioCAPS study. Int J Cardiol 2018; 278:250-253. [PMID: 30595356 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.12.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Carotid Intima Media Thickness (CIMT) is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, associated with cardiovascular risk in adults. Telomere length (TL) is a marker of cellular ageing. We sought to determine whether telomere length in early childhood and/or at 14-years is associated with CIMT in adolescence, in a community-based cohort study. METHODS 118 children had TL measured at mean age 3.6-years and 165 children had TL and CIMT, measured at 14-years, from the community-based Childhood Asthma Prevention Study. RESULTS TL in early childhood was significantly inversely associated with CIMT at 14 years, p = 0.04. TL in teenage life was also significantly inversely associated with CIMT at 14 years, p = 0.03. This latter association was no longer significant, however, after adjusting for early life TL. CONCLUSION TL measured in early childhood and adolescence is significantly associated with CIMT at 14-years, suggesting that telomere length is a biological marker or even early determinant of late cardiovascular risk.
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- Jennifer Y Barraclough
- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Heart Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.
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- Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Australia
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Heart Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
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Ajaykumar A, Soudeyns H, Kakkar F, Brophy J, Bitnun A, Alimenti A, Albert AYK, Money DM, Côté HCF. Leukocyte Telomere Length at Birth and During the Early Life of Children Exposed to but Uninfected With HIV After In Utero Exposure to Antiretrovirals. J Infect Dis 2018; 217:710-720. [PMID: 29228317 PMCID: PMC5853286 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Maternal combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) during pregnancy could impact the health of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed, HIV-uninfected (HEU) children, because some antiretrovirals cross the placenta and can inhibit telomerase. Our objective was to compare leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in HEU children and HIV-unexposed, HIV-uninfected (HUU) children at birth and in early life and to investigate any relationship with cART exposure. Methods HEU and HUU children's blood LTL was compared cross-sectionally at birth, and during the first three years of life. Longitudinal HEU LTL dynamics was evaluated over that same period. Results At birth, the LTL in HEU children (n = 114) was not shorter than that in HUU children (n = 86), but female infants had longer LTL than male infants. Maternal cART (duration or type) showed no association with shorter infant LTL. Among 214 HEU children age- and sex-matched at a 1:1 ratio to HUU children, LTL declined similarly in both groups. In a longitudinal analysis, LTL attrition in HEU children was rapid from birth to 1 year of age and gradual thereafter. Zidovudine prophylaxis did not significantly alter LTL. Conclusions Our results indicate that from birth to 3 years of age, the LTL in HEU children is not negatively affected by exposure to maternal HIV infection and cART, at least not to the regimens used within this Canadian cohort, a reassuring finding.
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- Abhinav Ajaykumar
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Unité d’immunopathologie virale, Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Microbiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, Canada
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- BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, Canada
- Women’s Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, Canada
- Women’s Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Women’s Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
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- Leonardo Roever
- 1 Department of Clinical Research, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil
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- 2 Department of Cardiology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil
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- 3 Heart Institute (InCor), HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil.,4 Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine ABC, Brazil
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Liu RS, Mensah FK, Carlin J, Edwards B, Ranganathan S, Cheung M, Dwyer T, Saffery R, Magnussen CG, Juonala M, Wake M, Burgner DP. Socioeconomic Position Is Associated With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Mid-Childhood: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. J Am Heart Assoc 2017; 6:JAHA.117.005925. [PMID: 28862928 PMCID: PMC5586437 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.005925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lower socioeconomic position (SEP) predicts higher cardiovascular risk in adults. Few studies differentiate between neighborhood and family SEP or have repeated measures through childhood, which would inform understanding of potential mechanisms and the timing of interventions. We investigated whether neighborhood and family SEP, measured biennially from ages 0 to 1 year onward, was associated with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) at ages 11 to 12 years. METHODS AND RESULTS Data were obtained from 1477 families participating in the Child Health CheckPoint study, nested within the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Disadvantaged family and neighborhood SEP was cross-sectionally associated with thicker maximum carotid IMT in separate univariable linear regression models. Associations with family SEP were not attenuated in multivariable analyses, and associations with neighborhood SEP were attenuated only in models adjusted for family SEP. The difference in maximum carotid IMT between the highest and lowest family SEP quartile measured at ages 10 to 11 years was 10.7 μm (95% CI, 3.4-18.0; P=0.004), adjusted for age, sex, pubertal status, passive smoking exposure, body mass index, blood pressure, and arterial lumen diameter. In longitudinal analyses, family SEP measured as early as age 2 to 3 years was associated with maximum carotid IMT at ages 11 to 12 years (difference between highest and lowest quartile: 8.5 μm; 95% CI, 1.3-15.8; P=0.02). No associations were observed between SEP and mean carotid IMT. CONCLUSIONS We report a robust association between lower SEP in early childhood and carotid IMT in mid-childhood. Further investigation of mechanisms may inform pediatric cardiovascular risk assessment and prevention strategies.
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- Richard S Liu
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
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- ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Research School of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
- The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
- Division of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics and the Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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Vanderschuren MM, Uiterwaal CS, van der Ent CK, Eising JB. Feasibility and characteristics of arterial stiffness measurement in preschool children. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2017; 24:1895-1902. [PMID: 28728487 PMCID: PMC5680906 DOI: 10.1177/2047487317721979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Background Arterial stiffness is an important predictor of cardiovascular risk in adult life. Increased arterial stiffness can also be present in children and may be associated with several other cardiovascular risk factors. Until now, however, we know little about measuring arterial stiffness in preschool children. In this study, we assessed the feasibility of measuring arterial stiffness in preschool children and explored possible determinants related to arterial stiffness at this age. Methods We studied 168 healthy children, aged 3.3–4.1 years, who were recruited from a prospective birth cohort. We measured arterial stiffness, expressed in aortic pulse wave velocity and augmentation index, using a non-invasive oscillometric device (Arteriograph). We measured anthropometry and recorded other determinants using a questionnaire. Results In 100 children (59.5%) at least one valid arterial stiffness measurement was obtained. Of these infants, 89 had at least two valid measurements and 73 infants had at least three valid measurements. The mean aortic pulse wave velocity was 5.56 m/s (SD 0.77), and the mean augmentation index of the aorta was 19.7 m/s (SD 7.0). The augmentation index was significantly inversely associated with body height, with a regression coefficient of –0.78 (m/s)/cm (95% confidence interval –1.13 to –0.42). The augmentation index was not significantly associated with age, sex or (birth) weight. Conclusion The feasibility of measuring arterial stiffness in preschool children using the Arteriograph is moderate. We identified height as the most important determinant of the augmentation index in preschool children.
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- 2 Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- 1 Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands
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