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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2009 Mar 2;53(4):639–645. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.123752

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Telomere length in hypertension and CAD. Median and IQR (box) of telomere length were measured using the DNA collected at recruitment. A, Telomere lengths were shorter in hypertensive cases than in healthy, normotensive controls. B, Individuals who developed CAD within 5 years had shorter telomeres at the time of recruitment than the CAD-free individuals. C, Among the normotensive controls (according to the baseline blood pressure), those who developed hypertension within 5 years had shorter telomeres at the time of recruitment than those who did not develop hypertension. D, Normotensive controls (according to the baseline blood pressure) who developed CAD within 5 years also had shorter telomeres at the time of recruitment than the CAD-free individuals.