Telomere length and mental well-being in elderly men from the Netherlands and Greece.
Telomeres, repetitive DNA sequences that promote chromosomal stability, have been related to different measures of mental well-being and self-rated health, but mainly in women during adulthood. We aimed to investigate whether accelerated telomere shortening is associated with poor mental well-being and poor self-rated health in community-dwelling elderly men. Leukocyte telomere length was measured using quantitative PCR in two different samples of 203 elderly men (mean age 78 years) from the Netherlands in 1993, and 123 elderly men (mean age 84 years) from Greece in 2000. We also obtained foll... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Rius-Ottenheim , N , Houben , J M , Kromhout , D , Kafatos , A , van de Mast , R C , Zitman , F G , Geleijnse , J M , Hageman , G J & Giltay , E J 2012 , ' Telomere length and mental well-being in elderly men from the Netherlands and Greece. ' , Behavior Genetics , vol. 42 , no. 2 , pp. 278-286 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-011-9498-6 |
| Schlagwörter: | Telomere length / Mental well-being / Self-rated health / Cognitive function / Cohort study / GERIATRIC MEDICAL PATIENTS / OXIDATIVE STRESS / MEDITERRANEAN DIET / OLDEST-OLD / MORTALITY / DEPRESSION / DISEASE / ZUTPHEN / WOMEN / ASSOCIATION |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26821010 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/1258771c-dca4-4582-b46a-af5a10b0c594 |
