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. 2016 May 4;9:2675–2682. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S98488

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Shorter telomere length in T-cells from patients with lung cancer.

Notes: The telomere lengths in T-cells from patients with lung cancer and healthy controls were compared using the Wilcoxon rank sum test. The correlation between telomere length and age was assessed using the Spearman correlation coefficient. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant (A) The telomere length in T-cells from the patients with lung cancer was significantly shorter than that in T-cells from the controls (P<0.001). (B) The telomere length (y-axis) in T-cells relative to Hgb was inversely correlated with the age in the controls (r=−0.574, P=0.002). Although a similar trend was observed in patients with lung cancer, the correlation was not statistically significant (r=−0.018, P=0.910).

Abbreviation: Hgb, hemoglobin.