Telomere Length and Physical Performance at Older Ages: An Individual Participant Meta-Analysis

• Michael P. Gardner,

  Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Carmen Martin-Ruiz,

  Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Rachel Cooper,

  Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Rebecca Hardy,

  Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Avan Aihie Sayer,

  Affiliation Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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• Cyrus Cooper,

  Affiliation Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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• Ian J. Deary,

  Affiliations Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• John Gallacher,

  Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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• Sarah E. Harris,

  Affiliations Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Paul G. Shiels,

  Affiliation Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• John M. Starr,

  Affiliation Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Diana Kuh,

  Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Thomas von Zglinicki,

  Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Yoav Ben-Shlomo ,

  * E-mail: Y.Ben-Shlomo@bristol.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• the Halcyon study team

  ¶Membership of the Halcyon Study Team is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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