Association between anxiety but not depressive disorders and leukocyte telomere length after 2 years of follow-up in a population-based sample

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 689-697

  Hoen, P W ^a   Rosmalen, J G M ^a   Schoevers, R A ^a   Huzen, J ^a   Van Der Harst, P ^a   De Jonge, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

depressive disorders; Key words Anxiety disorders; longitudinal; telomere length.

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEUKOCYTES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872808844     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712001766     Document Type: Article

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