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Telomere Length Associations With Clinical Diagnosis, Age, and Polygenic Risk Scores for Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder
6 Sept 2022
Abstract excerpt
Accelerated biological ageing might contribute to the lower life expectancy of individuals with mental disorders. The aim of this study was to characterise telomere length, a biological hallmark of ageing, in individuals with mental disorders. The UK Biobank is a multicentre community-based observational study that recruited >500,000 middle-aged and older adults. Average leukocyte telomere length (T/S ratio) was...
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