Subjective Social Status and Longitudinal Changes in Systemic Inflammation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subjective social status (SSS) refers to a person's perception of their social rank relative to others and is cross-sectionally linked to systemic inflammation independently of objective socioeconomic status.

Purpose

We test the extent to which SSS relates to multiyear changes in inflammation, or if associations differ by race or sex.

Methods

Healthy adults (N = 331; 30-51 years) completed a baseline visit and 278 participants returned for a second visit 2.85 years later. At both visits, participants underwent a fasting blood draw and completed community (SSSC) and US (SSSUS) versions of the MacArthur Scale. Multiple linear regression analyses examined change in interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) predicted by each type of SSS, adjusting for t

SUBMITTER: Jones EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10578390 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature