Physically Active Adults Slow Biological Aging
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Steven D.
LONDON, Jan. 29 -- If longer leukocyte telomeres are a true measure of biological youth, adults who are physically active in their leisure time may be fighting back against the passage of time.
Such active adults have significantly longer leukocyte telomeres (P<0.001) than those who are more sedentary, reported Lynn Cherkas, Ph.D., of King's College London, and colleagues in the Jan. 28 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
In a study of white twins, the leukocyte telomeres of the most active participants were 200 nucleotides longer than those of the least active (7.1 versus 6.9 kilobases, P=0.006), they said.
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http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/ExerciseFitness/dh/8147
Physically Active Adults Slow Biological Aging
Posted by Steven D.
LONDON, Jan. 29 -- If longer leukocyte telomeres are a true measure of biological youth, adults who are physically active in their leisure time may be fighting back against the passage of time.
Such active adults have significantly longer leukocyte telomeres (P<0.001) than those who are more sedentary, reported Lynn Cherkas, Ph.D., of King's College London, and colleagues in the Jan. 28 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
In a study of white twins, the leukocyte telomeres of the most active participants were 200 nucleotides longer than those of the least active (7.1 versus 6.9 kilobases, P=0.006), they said.
Read the rest of the article here:
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/ExerciseFitness/dh/8147