The association between intelligence and telomere length: a longitudinal population based study.

Low intelligence has been associated with poor health and mortality, but underlying mechanisms remain obscure. We hypothesized that low intelligence is associated with accelerated biological ageing as reflected by telomere length; we suggested potential mediation of this association by unhealthy beh...

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Main Authors: Eva M Kingma, Peter de Jonge, Pim van der Harst, Johan Ormel, Judith G M Rosmalen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3498156?pdf=render