Accelerated DNA Methylation Age: Associations with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Mortality

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 42-48

  Wolf, Erika J ^a,b   Logue, Mark W ^a,b,c   Stoop, Tawni B ^a   Schichman, Steven A ^d   Stone, Annjanette ^d   Sadeh, Naomi ^a,b   Hayes, Jasmeet P ^a,b   Miller, Mark W ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerated aging; DNA methylation; hyperarousal; mortality; PTSD

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; VETERAN; CELL AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CELLULAR SENESCENCE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 85025441461     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000506     Document Type: Article

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