Maternal experience of intimate partner violence, maternal depression, and parental stress are not associated with child telomere length in Bangladesh

Maternal experience of intimate partner violence, maternal depression, and parental stress are not associated with child telomere length in Bangladesh

Abstract Shorter telomere length (TL) is associated with an increased risk for developing chronic or age-related diseases in adults. The process of telomere shortening is accelerated in response to stress and is well characterized in adult populations from high-income countries. Prior studies sugges...

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Main Authors: Diego Figueroa, Md. Mahfuz Al Mamun, Da Kyung Jung, Gaoge Li, Sophia T. Tan, Farheen Jamshed, Zachary Butzin-Dozier, Andrew N. Mertens, Jue Lin, Helen O. Pitchik, Kausar Parvin, Alexis Silvera, Lia C. H. Fernald, Benjamin F. Arnold, Shahjahan Ali, Abul K. Shoab, Syeda Luthfa Famida, Salma Akther, Md. Ziaur Rahman, Md. Saheen Hossen, Palash Mutsuddi, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Patricia Kariger, Christine P. Stewart, Alan E. Hubbard, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Firdaus S. Dhabhar, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Audrie Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Intimate partner violence
Depression
Perceived stress
Telomere length
Maternal child health
Rural Bangladesh
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90505-2
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