Living in historically redlined neighborhoods and biological aging among older adults.

ABSTRACT: Living in historically redlined neighborhoods has deleterious effects on aging-related health outcomes, yet little is known about how historical redlining affects the physiological aging process and the role of current neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) on this relationship. This study determined if living in historically redlined neighborhoods was associated with biological age and if this association was mediated by neighborhood-level socioeconomic status. We linked the Health and Retirement Study 2016 Venous Blood Study (HRS-VBS) to redlining scores from the Historic Redlining Indicator data and census tract-level data from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-year estimates (N = 6466 respondents). Multivariable linear regression models were used to assess differences in biolo

SUBMITTER: Fisk CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12510732 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature