CellWell record HH-5010
Loving-Kindness Meditation Practice Associated with Longer Telomeres in Women
Hoge EA et al.
Brain Behav Immun ยท 2013
In plain language
Comparing 15 loving-kindness meditation practitioners with 22 non-meditating controls, female practitioners had longer telomeres (a marker linked to cellular aging) than female controls, even adjusting for BMI and past depression. The cross-sectional design cannot establish causation.
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- Observational study
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