Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Telomere length and depression: prospective cohort study and Mendelian randomisation study in 67 306 individuals. |
| Authors: |
Wium-Andersen, Marie Kim, Ørsted, David Dynnes, Rode, Line, Bojesen, Stig Egil, Nordestgaard, Børge Grønne |
| Source: |
British Journal of Psychiatry. Jan2017, Vol. 210 Issue 1, p31-38. 8p. |
| Subjects: |
Telomeres, Mental depression, Antidepressants, Disease prevalence, Randomization (Statistics), Cellular aging, Longitudinal method, Statistical sampling, Randomized controlled trials, Acquisition of data, Cross-sectional method |
| Geographic Terms: |
Denmark |
| Abstract: |
Background: Depression has been cross-sectionally associated with short telomeres as a measure of biological age. However, the direction and nature of the association is currently unclear.Aims: We examined whether short telomere length is associated with depression cross-sectionally as well as prospectively and genetically.Method: Telomere length and three polymorphisms, TERT, TERC and OBFC1, were measured in 67 306 individuals aged 20-100 years from the Danish general population and associated with register-based attendance at hospital for depression and purchase of antidepressant medication.Results: Attendance at hospital for depression was associated with short telomere length cross-sectionally, but not prospectively. Further, purchase of antidepressant medication was not associated with short telomere length cross-sectionally or prospectively. Mean follow-up was 7.6 years (range 0.0-21.5). The genetic analyses suggested that telomere length was not causally associated with attendance at hospital for depression or with purchase of antidepressant medication.Conclusions: Short telomeres were not associated with depression in prospective or in causal, genetic analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
