Childhood Adversities Are Associated with Shorter Telomere Length at Adult Age both in Individuals with an Anxiety Disorder and Controls

Accelerated leukocyte telomere shortening has been previously associated to self-perceived stress and psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and mood disorders. We set out to investigate whether telomere length is affected in patients with anxiety disorders in which stress is a known risk fa...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 5; no. 5; p. e10826
Main Authors:	Kananen, Laura, Surakka, Ida, Pirkola, Sami, Suvisaari, Jaana, Lönnqvist, Jouko, Peltonen, Leena, Ripatti, Samuli, Hovatta, Iiris
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 25.05.2010 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adult Age Aging - metabolism Aging - pathology Anxiety Anxiety Disorders - complications Blood cells Case-Control Studies Child Child Abuse - psychology Childhood Children Chromosomes Diagnostic systems Disorders Genetics and Genomics/Chromosome Biology Genetics and Genomics/Complex Traits Genomics Health problems Humans Leukocytes Life Change Events Medical diagnosis Mental disorders Mental Health/Neuropsychiatric Disorders Mood Oxidative stress Patients Peripheral blood Public health Risk factors Schizophrenia Socioeconomic Factors Stress Stress, Psychological - complications Stresses Surveys Telomere - metabolism Telomeres Well being Finland
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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