title: Association between shortened leukocyte telomere length and cardio-metabolic outcomes.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar and Cardiovascular Genetics Division, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (S.C.H.); Epidemiology Unit, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (J.D.K.); and The Center of Human Development and Aging, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Newark, NJ (A.A.).
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar and Cardiovascular Genetics Division, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (S.C.H.); Epidemiology Unit, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (J.D.K.); and The Center of Human Development and Aging, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Newark, NJ (A.A.).
authors.forename: Jeremy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kark
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar and Cardiovascular Genetics Division, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (S.C.H.); Epidemiology Unit, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (J.D.K.); and The Center of Human Development and Aging, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Newark, NJ (A.A.). avivab@njms.rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aviv
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000378:metabolism*; D020521:Stroke / Q000378:metabolism*; D016615:Telomere / Q000378:metabolism*; D059505:Telomere Homeostasis
keywords: Editorials; atherosclerosis; biomarker; birth; diabetes mellitus; stroke; telomeres