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 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 th

SUBMITTER: Figueroa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11903653 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature