Aging on the Job? The Association Between Occupational Characteristics and Accelerated Biological Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is a common belief that demanding jobs can make workers age faster, but there is little empirical evidence linking occupational characteristics to accelerated biological aging. We examine how occupational categorizations and self-reported working conditions are associated with expanded biological age, which incorporates 22 biomarkers and captures physiologic dysregulation throughout several bodily systems.

Methods

Data are from 1,133 participants in the Health and Retirement Study who were aged 51-60 and working for pay in the 2010 or 2012 wave and who participated in the 2016 Venous Blood Study. We estimate associations between occupational category (professional/managerial, sales/clerical, service, and manual) and self-reported working conditions (psychoso

SUBMITTER: Andrasfay T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10292835 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature