Wulaningsih, W;
Serrano, FE;
Utarini, A;
Matsuguchi, T;
Watkins, J;
(2016)
Smoking, second-hand smoke exposure and smoking cessation in relation to leukocyte telomere length and mortality.
Oncotarget
, 7
(37)
pp. 60419-60431.
10.18632/oncotarget.11051.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the link between smoking exposure, telomere length and mortality, with emphasis on second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure and the duration of smoking cessation. RESULTS: A total of 1,018 participants died during follow-up (mean: 10.3 years). A 50 base-pair decrease in LTL was shown among cotinine-confirmed current versus never smokers. The 90th quantile of LTL decreased with increasing cotinine among never smokers, indicating a role of SHS. Longer telomeres with smoking cessation were indicated but limited to a 3-16 year period of abstaining smoking. When assessing mortality, we observed a lower risk of all-cause death for the second quintile compared to the first among never smokers (HR: 0.67, 95% CI: 0.52-0.87), and a higher risk was found among current smokers (HR: 1.89, 1.19-2.92). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied 6,456 nationally representative U.S. respondents with mortality follow-up through to 31 December 2011. Smoking status was assessed by interviews and cotinine levels. Relative leukocyte telomere length (LTL) was quantified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Multivariable linear regression was performed to examine LTL by smoking exposure, adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, education, body mass index, alcohol consumption, and physical activity. We further estimated the association of LTL with cotinine levels using quantile regression, and with smoking cessation dynamics. Cox regression was used to estimate mortality by smoking status and LTL. CONCLUSION: Our findings indicated a complex association between smoking, telomere length, and mortality. LTL alterations with SHS and smoking cessation warrant further investigation for translation to public health measures.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Smoking, second-hand smoke exposure and smoking cessation in relation to leukocyte telomere length and mortality |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.18632/oncotarget.11051 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.11051 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Impact Journals, LLC. All site content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (CC BY 3.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) |
| Keywords: | Ageing, second-hand smoke exposure, smoking, smoking cessation, telomere |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1513311 |
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