Association of leucocyte telomere length with incident age-related macular degeneration: a prospective UK Biobank Study
Shorter LTL increased the risk of incident AMD in females, suggesting LTL as a potential biomarker for AMD development with sex-specific function.
Authors
- Ka Wai Kam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7760-6882)
- Clement Chee Yung Tham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4407-6907)
- Jason C. S. Yam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2156-1486)
- Li Jia Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3500-5840)
- Mary Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8864-2988)
- Yuzhou Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8515-3388)
- Alvin L Young
- Jun Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3920-9321)
- Chi Pui Pang
Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Hong Kong Eye Hospital (CN)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo-2025-327492
- Primary Topic
- Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China