Relationship Between Physical Activity Level, Telomere Length, and Telomerase Activity

Authors

Andrew T. Ludlow, University of Maryland School of Public Health
Jo B. Zimmerman, University of Maryland School of Public Health
Sarah Witkowski, University of Maryland School of Public HealthFollow
Joe W. Hearn, University of Maryland School of Public Health
Bradley D. Hatfield, University of Maryland School of Public Health
Stephen M. Roth, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Publication Title

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of exercise energy expenditure (EEE) with both telomere length and telomerase activity in addition to accounting for hTERT C-1327T promoter genotype.

Keywords

TELOMERE BIOLOGY; EXERCISE ENERGY EXPENDITURE; hTERT GENOTYPE; GENETICS; DNA

Volume

40

Issue

10

First Page

1774

Last Page

1771

DOI

10.1249/MSS.0b013e31817c92aa

Version

Author's Accepted Manuscript

Recommended Citation

Ludlow, Andrew T.; Zimmerman, Jo B.; Witkowski, Sarah; Hearn, Joe W.; Hatfield, Bradley D.; and Roth, Stephen M., "Relationship Between Physical Activity Level, Telomere Length, and Telomerase Activity" (2008). Exercise and Sport Studies: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/ess_facpubs/37