Telomere length in youth with type 1 diabetes and the role of physical fitness

. 2025 Jul 10.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04279-4. Online ahead of print.

Affiliations

¹ Navarrabiomed, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain.
² One Health Research Group, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
³ Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile.
⁴ Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, Unidad de Gestión Clinica Medicina Interna, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research in Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
⁵ CIBER of Obesity Physiology and Nutrition (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Departament of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Physiology, Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain.
⁷ CIBER of Frailty and Healthy Aging (CIBERFES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
⁸ Navarrabiomed, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain. antonio.garciah@unavarra.es.

Jacinto Muñoz-Pardeza et al. Pediatr Res. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 10.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04279-4. Online ahead of print.

¹ Navarrabiomed, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain.
² One Health Research Group, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
³ Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile.
⁴ Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, Unidad de Gestión Clinica Medicina Interna, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research in Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
⁵ CIBER of Obesity Physiology and Nutrition (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Departament of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Physiology, Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain.
⁷ CIBER of Frailty and Healthy Aging (CIBERFES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
⁸ Navarrabiomed, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain. antonio.garciah@unavarra.es.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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