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ArticleScientific reports2025

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

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 and 22 more

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Diego FigueroaDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, #5302, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Md Mahfuz Al MamunMaternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Da Kyung JungJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Gaoge LiDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, #5302, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Sophia T TanDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Y2E2, MC #4205, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Farheen JamshedSchool of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Zachary Butzin-DozierDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, #5302, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Andrew N MertensDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, #5302, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Jue LinDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, 600 16th St, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Helen O PitchikDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, #5302, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Kausar ParvinMaternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Alexis SilveraSchool of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY, 10595, USA.
Lia C H FernaldDivision of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, #5302, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Benjamin F ArnoldFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, California, 95 Kirkham Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Shahjahan AliEnvironmental Health and WASH, Health System and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Abul K ShoabEnvironmental Health and WASH, Health System and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Syeda Luthfa FamidaEnvironmental Health and WASH, Health System and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Salma AktherEnvironmental Health and WASH, Health System and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Md Ziaur RahmanDepartment of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physical Sciences Building 446, 590 Steinhart Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA.
Md Saheen HossenEnvironmental Health and WASH, Health System and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Palash MutsuddiEnvironmental Health and WASH, Health System and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Mahbubur RahmanEnvironmental Health and WASH, Health System and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Leanne UnicombEnvironmental Health and WASH, Health System and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
Patricia KarigerDivision of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, #5302, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Christine P StewartInstitute for Global Nutrition, University of California Davis, 3135 Meyer Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Alan E HubbardDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, #5302, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Jade Benjamin-ChungDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University, Alway Building, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Firdaus S DhabharDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
Stephen P LubyDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Y2E2, MC #4205, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
John M ColfordDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, #5302, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA.
Ruchira Tabassum NavedMaternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh. ruchira@icddrb.org.
Audrie LinDepartment of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physical Sciences Building 446, 590 Steinhart Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA. audrielin@ucsc.edu.

Funding

A bench to population epidemiologic approach to investigating the effects of antenatal stress and inflammation on child gut inflammation, growth, and developmentK01AI136885 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI LIN, AUDRIE · 2019 to 2023
$648k
Evaluating multicomponent interventions to optimize health and development for children and adolescents living in povertyK99HD114882 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI PITCHIK, HELEN OSBORNE · 2024 to 2025
$236k
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation OPPGD759National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases K01AI136885NIAID NIH HHS K01 AI136885NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD114882
6 · The paper itself

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 suggest the relationship between stress, shorter TL, and disease risk initiates in early life. Nested within the WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial, we examined associations between parental stressors, including maternal exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV), maternal depressive symptoms, and parental perceived stress, and child TL in rural Bangladesh. We measured whole blood relative TL in 660 children at median age 14 months and 702 children at median age 28 months. We estimated mean differences between the 25th and 75th percentile or absence and presence of each exposure using generalized additive models. IPV during pregnancy was associated with more TL attrition between 14 and 28 months (- 0.32 (95% CI - 0.64, - 0.01), p-value 0.05). This association was not significant after correction for multiple comparisons. Other parental psychosocial stressors were not associated with child TL outcomes at 14 or 28 months of age in rural Bangladesh. Telomere biology during early-life development may vary across settings.

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DepressionIntimate Partner ViolenceMothersStress, PsychologicalTelomereTelomere ShorteningAdultBangladeshChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMalePregnancyRural PopulationDepressionIntimate partner violenceMaternal child healthPerceived stressRural BangladeshTelomere length

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PMCPMC11903653

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