No Correlation Between Childhood Maltreatment and Telomere Length

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Telomeres are lengths of repetitive DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes. They protect the ends of the chromosome and shorten with each cell division. Short leukocyte telomere length has been related to a number of age-related diseases (1Calado R.T. Young N.S. Telomere diseases.N Engl J Med. 2009; 361: 2353-2365Crossref PubMed Scopus (607) Google Scholar). In addition, shorter telomere length has been associated with environmental factors such as smoking and lack of exercise (2Valdes A.M. Andrew T. Gardner J.P. Kimura M. Oelsner E. Cherkas L.F. et al.Obesity, cigarette smoking, and telomere length in women.Lancet. 2005; 366: 662-664Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1100) Google Scholar, 3Cherkas L.F. Hunkin J.L. Kato B.S. Richards J.B. Gardner J.P. Surdulescu G.L. et al.The association between physical activity in leisure time and leukocyte telomere length.Arch Intern Med. 2008; 168: 154-158Crossref PubMed Scopus (428) Google Scholar). In a recent issue of Biological Psyc

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