Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey · 2018 · 12 citations · 0 references
MedicineGynecologyObstetricsAgingReproductive HealthWomen's HealthReproductive AgingReproductive RiskTelomere BiologyTelomere DysfunctionParity AssociationsParity RiskTelomere Length AnalysisTelomere Length MeasurementUterine Cancer Epidemiology
(Abstracted from Human Reprod 2018;33:736–744) Shorter telomeres have been associated with aging, parity, and multiple chronic diseases. A number of studies have reported that women with shorter telomeres are at increased risk of breast, ovarian, and uterine cancer; type 2 diabetes; cardiovascular disease; and atherosclerosis, as well as socio-environmental characteristics and stress.