Age-standardised mortality rates (/100 000 person years) among the total population and patients with severe mental disorders (SMD) by gender and cause-of-death groups for the period 1996–2010 in Finland.

<p>The data for Fig 1 are available in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0152223#pone.0152223.s001" target="_blank">S1 Dataset</a>.</p

Telomere length is affected by childhood adverse life events but not by anxiety disorder diagnosis or recent psychological stress.

1<p>Difference in standardized telomere length for one unit or category change in each independent variable.</p>2<p>Standard error of the mean.</p>3<p>Sum score of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire.</p>4<p>Categorized to 0 adversities, 1 adversity, 2 or 3 adversities, and 4 or more adversities.</p><p>Results from three independent regression models are shown in which sex and age adjusted telomere length was explained by either anxiety disorder status, GHQ-12 score, or number of childhood adversities.</p

Telomere length as a function of age.

<p>Anxiety disorder core and subthreshold cases (N = 321) are shown with red dots and controls (N = 653) with blue dots, each dot representing one individual. Regression lines for both groups are shown with the same color coding.</p