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The analyzed subgroups of children originate from a larger study cohort of lung function development during the first 2 years of life including preterm born children and matched term born children at Karolinska University Hospital during a 26-month period, from 2009 and 2011. Children with longitudinal blood samples available from both birth and 2 years of age were eligible for inclusion in the telomere and cellular aging analyses.
