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AGE AND AGEING
卷 39, 期 2, 页码 223-227出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp256
关键词
heart failure; telomere; ageing; psychological well-being; quality of life; elderly
资金
- Netherlands Heart Foundation [2000Z003, 2006B140, 2006T003]
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO VENI) [916.76.170]
Design: a cross-sectional analysis was used. Setting: patients were admitted to the hospital with signs and symptoms of CHF. Objective: the study aimed to assess the association between telomere length and psychological well-being in patients with CHF. Methods: telomere length was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 890 patients with New York Heart Association functional class II to IV CHF. We evaluated the perceived mental health by the validated RAND-36 questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D), and the presence of type D personality was evaluated by the DS14. Results: a lower perceived mental health on the RAND-36 score was associated with shorter telomere length. Adjustment for age and gender did not change our findings (standardised beta, 0.11; P-value, 0.002). Telomere length was not associated with the CES-D or DS14 score. Conclusion: decreased perceived mental health is associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length in patients with CHF. Future work should determine whether psychological stress accelerates biological ageing.
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