In August 13, 2012 News / biological Valley BIOON / - anxiety disorders and premature aging-related? Recently, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) reveals a common form of anxiety disorders such as our common fear of anxiety in middle-aged and older women, anxiety disorders, and telomere shortening. This study reveals the the fear anxiety may accelerate aging risk factor.

The research results published in the international journal PLoS One recently.

The telomere (Telomeres) is a DNA-protein complexes of the ends of chromosomes, can protect the chromosome from deterioration, and the telomeres also the chromosomes during cell division end guards protect genetic information; however telomere biology and cellular senescence markers , shortened telomere length and increased risk of cancer, heart disease and other illnesses directly related.

In this large cross-sectional study, researchers from the age of 5243 in the 42-69 year-old women who get their blood samples, analysis of samples, the researchers analyzed the telomere length, At the same time, participants also fill out a questionnaire about their terror anxiety. The analysis results show that the high levels of phobic anxiety and significant telomere shortening related and phobic anxiety women telomere length and the normal group.

The researcher Olivia said, a lot of people want to know whether the pressure, how to make aging rapidly, it is noteworthy that this study also explains a common form of psychological pressure (phobic anxiety) and premature aging of the relationship between. However, the study design can not prove cause and effect or what the problem first occurred, anxiety occurs first or telomere shortening occurs first, is unknown.

In summary, this study later studies telomeres shorten anxiety paved the way, and provide some basis.

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