Leucocyte telomere length and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: new prospective cohort study and literature-based meta-analysis.

Leucocyte telomere length and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: new prospective cohort study and literature-based meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Short telomeres have been linked to various age-related diseases. We aimed to assess the association of telomere length with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in prospective cohort studies.<h4>Methods</h4>Leucocyte relative telomere length (RTL) was...

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Main Authors: Peter Willeit, Julia Raschenberger, Emma E Heydon, Sotirios Tsimikas, Margot Haun, Agnes Mayr, Siegfried Weger, Joseph L Witztum, Adam S Butterworth, Johann Willeit, Florian Kronenberg, Stefan Kiechl
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112483
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