Leukocyte telomere length in patients with schizophrenia and related disorders: a meta-analysis of case-control studies.

Miriam AyoraDavid FraguasRenzo Abregú-CrespoSandra RecioMaria A BlascoAna MoisesAksinya DerevyankoCelso Arango Covadonga Martinez Diaz-Caneja

Published in: Molecular psychiatry (2022)

This meta-analysis find further support for the hypothesis of accelerated cellular aging in schizophrenia and related disorders and highlights the need for large longitudinal studies with repeated LTL measurements over time and appropriate assessments of associated factors.

Keyphrases

case control
bipolar disorder
systematic review
cross sectional
randomized controlled trial
peripheral blood
meta analyses