Abstract
Mean telomere length (TL) in blood cells is heritable and has been reported to be associated with risks of several diseases, including cancer. We conducted a meta-analysis of three GWAS for TL (total n=2240) and selected 1629 variants for replication via the "iCOGS" custom genotyping array. All ∼200 000 iCOGS variants were analysed with TL, and those displaying associations in healthy controls (n = 15 065) were further tested in breast cancer cases (n = 11 024). We found a novel TL association (Ptrend
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Human Molecular Genetics |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| Pages (from-to) | 5056-64 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISSN | 0964-6906 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2013 |
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