Telomere Attrition and Diabetes Risk in American Indians
This project was funded by NIDDK (R01DK091369, 9/1/2011-5/31/2016, PI: Jinying Zhao). The objectives of this study are to delineate the prospective impact of telomere attrition on diabetes risk, and to determine genetic, behavioral and psychosocial predictors for accelerated telomere loss. Leukocyte telomere length will be measured by…