I know that many people don’t think this type of measurement is important, here is a study that indicates it is. Telomere length is a strong indicator of mortality.
The question remains, in healthy people is there a long term benefit in reducing mortality risk using interventions of any kind to maintain telomere length?
In conclusion, shorter age-adjusted LTL was associated with long-term mortality in hospitalized older adults and interacted with frailty, with its prognostic value being evident in individuals without frailty but attenuated in those with established frailty. These findings support the potential relevance of telomere length as a biomarker of biological heterogeneity and vulnerability in late life and highlight the importance of integrating molecular aging markers with the assessment of clinical geriatric constructs. Future studies should investigate whether combining telomere-based measures with multidimensional frailty assessments can improve prognostic accuracy and inform personalized approaches to care in older populations.
@Steve_Combi, I was interested in knowing if you think that NMN lengthens telomeres, and do you think that Epitalon shortens telomeres?
I don’t think anyone, myself included disputed the connection of telomere length and longevity.
A more important point (to me at least) would be, which substances/supplement are believed to lengthen them and which ones shorten them.