Hostility and telomere shortening among U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Watkins LE, Harpaz-Rotem I, Sippel LM, Krystal JH, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. Hostility and telomere shortening among U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2016, 74: 251-257. PMID: 27689898, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsU.S. military veteransClinical variablesNational HealthTelomere lengthMilitary veteransMultivariable binary logistic regression analysisVeterans StudyAccelerated cellular agingBinary logistic regression analysisLogistic regression analysisU.S. veteran populationNon-veteran populationsAge-related disordersPolymerase chain reaction methodChronic disordersRisk factorsChain reaction methodQuantitative polymerase chain reaction methodVeteran populationU.S. veteransSecondary analysisTreatment effortsVeteransRegression analysisBiological age