Invited Commentary: "Is physical fitness associated with leukocyte telomere length in youth with type 1 diabetes?"

Affiliations

¹ Division of Diabetes and Metabolism, 2nd Department of Pediatrics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece. gpaltoglou@gmail.com.

George Paltoglou. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;97(7):2196-2197.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-03988-0. Epub 2025 Mar 17.

¹ Division of Diabetes and Metabolism, 2nd Department of Pediatrics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece. gpaltoglou@gmail.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The author declares no competing interests.

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