Why are well-educated Muscovites more likely to survive? Understanding the biological pathways.

ABSTRACT: There are large socioeconomic disparities in adult mortality in Russia, although the biological mechanisms are not well understood. With data from the study of Stress, Aging, and Health in Russia (SAHR), we use Gompertz hazard models to assess the relationship between educational attainment and mortality among older adults in Moscow and to evaluate biomarkers associated with inflammation, neuroendocrine function, heart rate variability, and clinical cardiovascular and metabolic risk as potential mediators of that relationship. We do this by assessing the extent to which the addition of biomarker variables into hazard models of mortality attenuates the association between educational attainment and mortality. We find that an additional year of education is associated with about 5% lower ris

SUBMITTER: Todd MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5282593 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature