Associations between early life stress, self-reported traumatic experiences across the lifespan and leukocyte telomere length in elderly adults

Biological Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-42

  Savolainen, Katri ^a   Eriksson, Johan G ^a,b,c,d,e   Kananen, Laura ^a,f   Kajantie, Eero ^b,g   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging related diseases; Biomarker; Cellular aging; Early life stress; Telomere length; Traumatic experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

AGING-RELATED DISEASES; BIOMARKER; CELLULAR AGING; EARLY LIFE STRESS; TELOMERE LENGTH; TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES;

AGED; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL AGING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84896853424     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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