Are housing circumstances associated with faster epigenetic ageing?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous aspects of housing are associated with health. However, the pathways between housing and health, particularly the psychosocial elements of housing, are less well understood. Epigenetic information alongside social survey data offers an opportunity to explore biological ageing, measured using DNA methylation, as a potential pathway through which housing affects health.

Methods

We use data on housing and DNA methylation from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, linked with prior survey responses from the British Household Panel Survey, covering adults in Great Britain. We explore the association between epigenetic ageing and housing circumstances, both contemporary and historical, using hierarchical regression.

Results

We find that living in a privat

SUBMITTER: Clair A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10715511 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature