Saruna Ghimire and Francisco S. Sy (both Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article on the "Decline in Telomere Length by Age and Effect Modification by Gender, Allostatic Load and Comorbidities in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2002)" in the journal PLOS ONE.
This study aimed to assess the decline in telomere length with age and evaluate effect modification by gender, chronic stress, and comorbidity in a representative sample of the United States population.
Ghimire was a doctoral student at the School of Public Health.
