ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2020
Early Puberty and Telomere Length in Preadolescent Girls and Mothers.
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- Early life adversity predicts an accelerated cellular aging phenotype through early timing of puberty.Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Early-life adversities and later-life reproductive patterns in women with fully traced reproductive history.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- The interaction of socioeconomic stress and race on telomere length in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Phthalates and Phenols, Leukocyte Telomere Length, and Breast Cancer Risk and Mortality in the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2022Article
- Demographic and developmental patterns in telomere length across adolescence.Biodemography and social biologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the association between early puberty and telomere length in preadolescent girls and mothers from a large representative sample of US females. STUDY
designWe analyzed data from 1194 preadolescent girls and 2421 mothers from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Participants were from a population-based birth cohort (1998-2000) born in large US cities. Telomere length was assessed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction from saliva samples provided by preadolescent girls and mothers of preadolescent youth. Mothers completed a questionnaire about their child's pubertal development to determine concurrent Tanner stages and provided self-reports of her own age at menarche. Linear regression models were used to estimate the association between pubertal development (status and timing) and telomere length.
resultsEarly pubertal timing but not pubertal status was associated with shorter telomere length in preadolescent girls (P < .01). Early age at menarche was associated with shorter telomere length in a sample of mothers of preadolescent youth (P < .05).
conclusionsResults provide evidence for the association between early puberty and shorter telomeres evidenced by associations in both preadolescent girls and mothers. Future research should address the limitations of this study by using longitudinal measurements of pubertal development assessed through medical examinations and repeated assessments of telomere length to capture telomere attrition.
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