ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2023
Associations of telomere length with risk of mortality from influenza and pneumonia in US adults: a prospective cohort study of NHANES 1999-2002.
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- Machine learning-based prediction models for severeFrontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Associations between biological age acceleration and hospitalization burden of community-acquired pneumonia: a cohort study.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Weight of time: exploring the link between obesity and aging.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Review
- Association of leukocyte telomere length and HbA1c with post-COVID-19 syndrome in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional pilot study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDue to the ongoing Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, interest has arisen to realize the relationship between telomere length (TL) and influenza and pneumonia mortality.
aimOur study attempted to investigate this correlation by analyzing information gathered from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002.
methodsA total of 7229 participants were involved in the conducted research. We utilized Cox proportional risk model analysis to determine the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for TL and influenza and pneumonia mortality.
resultsDuring the average follow-up time of 204.10 ± 51.26 months, 33 (0.45%) participants died from influenza and pneumonia. After adjusting for multiple variables, shorter TL was associated with higher influenza-pneumonia mortality. In subgroup analyses stratified by sex, men exhibited stronger associations with influenza-pneumonia mortality than women (Model 1: HR
conclusionsOur research provides further proof for the connection between shorter telomeres and higher influenza-pneumonia mortality. Larger prospective researches are essential to support our results and explain the underlying mechanisms.
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