Child maltreatment and telomere length in middle and older age: retrospective cohort study of 141 748 UK Biobank participants.
Ziyi ZhouCamilla K M LoKo Ling ChanRachel S Y ChungJill P PellHelen MinnisPaul G ShielsPatrick IpFrederick Ka Wing HoPublished in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2023)
Our findings showed that child maltreatment is associated with shorter telomere length in middle- and older-aged adults, independent of sociodemographic and mental health factors.