Background Neutropenia increases the risk of infection, but it is unknown if this also applies
to lymphopenia. We therefore tested the hypotheses that lymphopenia is associated with …

In the general population, older age is associated with short leukocyte telomere length and
with high risk of infections. In a recent study of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation …

Background It is unclear whether high platelet count or high hematocrit predict risk of
thrombosis in individuals from the general population. Objectives We tested the hypothesis that …

BACKGROUND: It is unknown if incidental lymphopenia detected in the general population
is associated with higher all-cause and cause-specific mortality. We aimed to identify the …

Background Individuals with atopic conditions may have increased susceptibility to infections
outside the organs directly affected by their atopic condition. Objective We tested the …

Asthma is a common disease causing cough, wheezing and shortness of breath. It has been
shown that the lung microbiota in asthma patients is different from the lung microbiota in …

Background: Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer mortality with relatively few
prognostic biomarkers. We investigated associations with overall survival for telomere length (…

Objectives YKL-40 is an acute phase protein elevated in patients with infectious and inflammatory
diseases. We tested the hypothesis that baseline elevated YKL-40 is associated with …

Whether there is an association between measured and genetically predicted telomere
length and melanoma mortality is unclear. We tested the hypothesis that measured and …

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