The accelerated aging phenotype: The role of race and social determinants of health on aging.

ABSTRACT: The pursuit to discover the fundamental biology and mechanisms of aging within the context of the physical and social environment is critical to designing interventions to prevent and treat its complex phenotypes. Aging research is critically linked to understanding health disparities because these inequities shape minority aging, which may proceed on a different trajectory than the overall population. Health disparities are characteristically seen in commonly occurring age-associated diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease as well as diabetes mellitus and cancer. The early appearance and increased severity of age-associated disease among African American and low socioeconomic status (SES) individuals suggests that the factors contributing to the emergence of health dis

SUBMITTER: Noren Hooten N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10862389 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature