Socioeconomic Status and Biological Risks for Health and Illness Across the Life Course.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We assess the temporal properties and biosocial mechanisms underlying the associations between early-life socioeconomic status (SES) and later health. Using a life-course design spanning adolescence to older adulthood, we assess how early life and various dimensions of adult SES are associated with immune and metabolic function in different life stages and examine possible bio-behavioral and psychosocial mechanisms underlying these associations.

Method

Data for this study come from 3 national studies that collectively cover multiple stages of the life course (Add Health, MIDUS, and HRS). We estimated generalized linear models to examine the prospective associations between early-life SES, adult SES, and biomarkers of chronic inflammation and metabolic disorder ass

SUBMITTER: Yang YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7328029 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature