Effects of Physical Exercise on Telomere Length in Healthy Adults: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression

Juan Luis Sánchez-González   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Juan Luis Sánchez-Rodríguez   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Sergio Varela-Rodríguez   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Rogelio González-Sarmiento   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Cristina Rivera-Picón   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Raúl Juárez-Vela   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Javier Martín-Vallejo   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   Víctor Navarro-López   ^{7 *} , MSc

¹ Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

² Department of Basic Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

³ Molecular Medicine Unit, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca, University of Salamanca-Sanidad de Castilla y León - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Salamanca, Spain

⁴ Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

⁵ Nursing Department, Faculty of Heatlh Sciences, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain

⁶ Departament of Stadístics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

⁷ Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain

*all authors contributed equally