Leukocyte Telomere Length Independently Predicts 3-Year Diabetes Risk in a Longitudinal Study of Chinese Population

Figure 1

Mediation model of the association between TNF-α, mtDNAcn, and PG30min. The values for regressions a and b are 0.0002 and 0.0001, respectively. The value for the direct effect of TNF-α on PG30min is 0.4597. The absence of “0” in the 95% CI represents statistical significance of the indirect effect.