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Telomerase Gene (hTERT) and Survival: Results From Two Swedish Coho... - PubMed - NCBI

Telomerase Gene (hTERT) and Survival: Results From Two Swedish Coho... - PubMed - NCBI



 2014 Nov 30. pii: glu222. [Epub ahead of print]

Telomerase Gene (hTERT) and Survival: Results From Two Swedish Cohorts of Older Adults.

Abstract

Telomere length has been associated with longevity. As telomere length is partly determined by the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), we investigated the association between an hTERT polymorphism located in its promoter region (- 1327T/C) and longevity in two cohorts of older adults. Participants from the Kungsholmen project (KP; n = 1,205) and the Swedish National study of Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K; n = 2,764) were followed for an average period of 7.5 years. The main outcomes were hazard ratios (HR) of mortality and median age at death. In both cohorts, mortality was lower in female T/T carriers, aged 75+ years in KP (HR = 0.8, 95% CI: 0.5-0.9) and 78+ years in SNAC-K (HR = 0.6, 95% CI: 0.4-0.8) compared with female C/C carriers. T/T carriers died 1.8-3 years later than the C/C carriers. This effect was not present in men, neither in SNAC-K women aged 60-72 years. The association was not modified by presence of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, number of chronic diseases, or markers of inflammation, and did not interact with APOE genotype or estrogen replacement therapy. The gender-specific increased survival in T/T carriers can be due to a synergistic effect between genetic background and the life-long exposure to endogenous estrogen.
© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.

KEYWORDS:

Aging.; Genetics; Longevity; Mortality; Telomerase

PMID:
 
25452402
 
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