Shortening of leucocyte telomere length is independently correlated with high body mass index and subcutaneous obesity (predominantly truncal), in Asian Indian women with abnormal fasting glycemia.

In non-Hispanic whites (Fels Longitudinal Study, 309 subjects aged 8–80 years, 52% women), WC, HC, total body fat, and visceral adipose tissue volume were inversely associated with telomere length at borderline significance. 33 In the current study, both abdominal and truncal adiposity (as measured by skinfolds and circumferences) are related to LTL, the association of latter with LTL has not been investigated before.

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