Physical and sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence and leukocyte telomere length: A pooled analysis of the study on psychosocial stress, spirituality, and health

We examined whether abuse in childhood and/or adolescence was associated with shorter telomere length in a pooled analysis of 3,232 participants from five diverse cohorts. We also assessed whether religion or spirituality (R/S) could buffer deleterious effects of abuse. Physical and sexual abuse in...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 15; no. 10; p. e0241363
Main Authors:	Warner, Erica T., Zhang, Ying, Gu, Yue, Taporoski, Tâmara P., Pereira, Alexandre, DeVivo, Immaculata, Spence, Nicholas D., Cozier, Yvette, Palmer, Julie R., Kanaya, Alka M., Kandula, Namratha R., Cole, Shelley A., Tworoger, Shelley, Shields, Alexandra
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 30.10.2020 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Abuse Adolescence Adolescent Adolescents Aging Cardiology Cell division Child Child abuse Child development Childhood Children Consent Epidemiology Genetic aspects Genomics Health aspects Health disparities Heart Heterogeneity Hospitals Humans Laboratories Leukocytes Leukocytes - metabolism Medical schools Medicine Physical Abuse Physiological aspects Polymerase chain reaction Psychological aspects Psychological stress Questionnaires Religion Religiosity Sex crimes Sexual assault Social interactions Spirituality Stress Tactics Teenagers Telomerase Telomere - genetics Telomeres White blood cells Womens health United States San Francisco California United States > US Texas Massachusetts Illinois Brazil Chicago Illinois California
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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