Early life tobacco exposure and children’s telomere length: the HELIX Project
Science of The Total Environment(2020)
Abstract
•Studies on prenatal exposure to tobacco and children's LTL and mtDNA are limited.•Maternal cotinine during pregnancy is associated with shorter LTL in children.•Global tobacco exposure is linked to mitochondrial DNA increase in children.•Maternal smoking during pregnancy may induce biological aging from an early age.
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Key words
Tobacco exposure,Leukocyte telomere length,Mitochondrial DNA content,Pregnancy,HELIX
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