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Anxiety disorders and accelerated cellular ageing
6 Feb 2015
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BACKGROUND: Anxiety disorders increase the risk of onset of several ageing-related somatic conditions, which might be the consequence of accelerated cellular ageing. AIMS: To examine the association between anxiety status and leukocyte telomere length (LTL) as an indicator of cellular ageing. METHOD: Data are from individuals with current (n = 1283) and remitted (n = 459) anxiety disorder, and controls (n = 582)...
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