Higher hair cortisol concentrations associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length in high-risk young adults

Higher hair cortisol concentrations associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length in high-risk young adults

Abstract Chronic stress is associated with accelerated biological aging as indexed by short age-adjusted leukocyte telomere length (LTL). Exploring links of biological stress responses with LTL has proved challenging due to the lack of biological measures of chronic psychological stress. Hair cortis...

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Main Authors: David Bürgin, Nimmy Varghese, Anne Eckert, Vera Clemens, Eva Unternährer, Cyril Boonmann, Aoife O’Donovan, Marc Schmid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14905-4

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