Gender-specific associations between quality of life and leukocyte telomere length
- Authors
- Choi, Eun Sil; Chang, Yu Kyung; Lee, Dong Hee; Ko, Jae-Hong; Lim, Inja; Bang, Hyoweon; Kim, Jung-Ha
- Issue Date
- Jan-2018
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
- Keywords
- Quality of life; Leukocyte telomere length; Sex difference; Gender-specific associations
- Citation
- MATURITAS, v.107, pp 68 - 70
- Pages
- 3
- Journal Title
- MATURITAS
- Volume
- 107
- Start Page
- 68
- End Page
- 70
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/1356
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.10.008
- ISSN
- 0378-5122
1873-4111
- Abstract
- We conducted a study on the relationship between leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and quality of life (QoL) in 82 couples aged 55 and older. LTL was measured by quantitative real-time PCR. QoL was evaluated using the physical component score (PCS) and mental component score (MCS) on the Korean version of the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). LTL was found to be independently associated with the SF-36 PCS in males (beta = 0.014, p = 0.03) and the SF-36 MCS in females (beta = 1.16, p < 0.01). Thus LTL is associated with QoL in gender-specific ways.
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