On Cross-Sectional Associations of Leukocyte Telomere Length with Cardiac Systolic, Diastolic and Vascular Function: The Asklepios Study

• Simon L. I. J. Denil ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Simon L. I. J. Denil, Ernst R. Rietzschel

  Affiliation Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• Ernst R. Rietzschel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Simon L. I. J. Denil, Ernst R. Rietzschel

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• Marc L. De Buyzere,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• Caroline M. Van daele,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• Patrick Segers,

  Affiliation IbiTech-bioMMeda, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• Dirk De Bacquer,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• Wim Van Criekinge,

  Affiliation Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• Sofie Bekaert,

  Affiliation Bimetra, Clinical Research Center Ghent, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• Thierry C. Gillebert,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• Tim De Meyer ,

  * E-mail: Tim.DeMeyer@UGent.be

  Affiliation Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  ⨯
• for the Asklepios Investigators

  ¶Membership of the Asklepios Investigators is provided in the Acknowledgments.

  ⨯