SynthesisThe Journal of international medical research2016
Association between telomere length and diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis.
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78 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Risk factors for patients with tracheal stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Pooled it
- Telomere Length in Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Normoglycemic Pregnant Women: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2024Pooled it
- Alcohol use disorder is associated with DNA methylation-based shortening of telomere length and regulated by TESPA1: implications for aging.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Leukocyte telomere length and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Pooled it
- Telomere length as biomarker of nutritional therapy for prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus development in patients with coronary heart disease: CORDIOPREV randomised controlled trial.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2024Trial
- The Potential Physiologic Mechanisms by Which Early-Life Nutrition May Influence Type 2 Diabetes Pathophysiology in Humans.Annual review of nutrition · 2026Review
- Relative Leukocyte Telomere Length Is Shorter in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: Screening of Basic Psychosocial Aspects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- The Association of Ramadan Fasting on Relative Leukocyte Telomere Length in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2026Article
- Exploring Telomere Association in Donor-Recipient Pairs: Implications for Kidney Graft Longevity.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Effect of Ethnicity on the Relationship Between Telomere Length and Metabolic Markers in Kuwait.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Depletion of the TRF1 telomere-binding protein leads to leaner mice with altered metabolic profiles.Aging · 2025Article
- Shortening Leukocyte Telomere Length Associated With Elevated Blood Diabetes-Related Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Thai Adolescents.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Is physical fitness associated with leucocyte telomere length in youth with type 1 diabetes?Pediatric research · 2025Article
- The Interplay Between Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Common Pathophysiological Mechanisms Contributing to Telomere Shortening.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Influence of subclinical hypothyroidism and brain-derived neurotropic factor on telomere length dynamics in type 1 diabetic pregnancies and their newborns.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Paternal contributions to telomere reprogramming in fetal development.International journal of biochemistry and molecular biology · 2025Article
- Leukocyte Telomere Length as a Marker of Chronic Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Risk Assessment Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- NRF2 signaling pathway and telomere length in aging and age-related diseases.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2024Review
- Leukocyte telomere length and memory circuitry and cognition in early aging: Impact of sex and menopausal status.Hormones and behavior · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective We investigated the relationship between diabetes and telomere length by meta-analysis. Methods We searched five popular databases for articles published between 1990 and 2015 using "diabetes" and "telomere" as search terms. Data were processed with RevMan5, and random- or fixed-effects meta-analysis was applied. The effects of geographical region, diabetes type, body mass index (BMI), age and sex were examined. Funnel plots were applied to evaluate publication bias. Results Seventeen articles were obtained from 571 references. We identified a significant association between telomere length and diabetes mellitus (standardized mean difference [SMD]: -3.41; 95% confidence interval [CI]: -4.01, -2.80; heterogeneity, I
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