Fig. 2.
Telomere length (adjusted for age, gender, and group) according to the absence (gray bars) or presence (white bars) of various age-related diseases in the study subjects. Number of individuals analyzed in each group: hypertension (n = 125), without hypertension (n = 142), with the metabolic syndrome (n = 59), without the metabolic syndrome (n = 286), diabetes (n = 34), without diabetes (n = 276). The MMSE was performed in centenarians only: MMSE score ≤25 (gray bars, n = 46) or >25 (white bars, n = 32). *P < 0.05.