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

Erica T Warner, Ying Zhang, Yue Gu, Tâmara P Taporoski, Alexandre Pereira, Immaculata DeVivo, Nicholas D Spence, Yvette Cozier, Julie R Palmer, Alka M Kanaya, Namratha R Kandula, Shelley A Cole, Shelley Tworoger and Alexandra Shields

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-24

Abstract: Introduction: 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. Methods: Physical and sexual abuse in childhood (age

Date: 2020
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