Outness predicts greater leukocyte telomere length in sexually minoritized men with HIV who use methamphetamine
Findings are among the first to demonstrate that greater outness is associated with slower biological aging in SMM. Further research is needed to elucidate the bio-behavioral mechanisms linking outness and greater leukocyte-telomere length.
Authors
- Samantha E. Dilworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5451-5486)
- Judy Moskowitz
- Brad Aouizerat
- Keith J. Horvath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1372-7244)
- Delaram Ghanooni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2340-9573)
- Adam W. Carrico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8146-5701)
- Ariana Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-7114)
- Michael Miller-Perusse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5588-7011)
- Renessa Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4814-1534)
- Annesa Flentje
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Florida International University (US)
- San Diego State University (US)
- Unity Health System (US)
- University of Miami Health System (US)
- National Medical Research Center of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery (RU)
- Community Health Alliance (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
- Published
- 2025-07-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2025.101086
- Primary Topic
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00