Apparently Healthy People Aged 55 and Over Clinical Trial
Official title:
Gender-specific Associations Between Quality of Life and Leukocyte Telomere Length: A Cross-sectional Study
Quality of life (QoL) is an important factor for successful aging. Telomere length is an
indicator of cellular aging and cumulative biological stress and is thus related to health
status and survival. However, the relationship between QoL and telomere length has not yet
been examined. In this study we investigated the relationship between leukocyte telomere
length (LTL) and QoL.
However, the relationship between overall QoL and LTL has not previously been investigated.
Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between LTL and QoL. QoL was
measured by the Korean version of the 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36), which is a
multidimensional scale consisting of subjective evaluation.
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