Poverty, Material Hardship, and Telomere Length Among Latina/o Children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite increased attention on the links between poverty and the health and wellbeing of youth, few have attempted to understand the physiological consequences associated with different forms of economic disadvantage among Latina/o children. The present study begins to address this gap by (1) examining whether different forms of economic disadvantage were related to telomere length for Latina/o children and (2) determining whether parents' nativity shapes economic disadvantage-telomere length relationships.

Methods

Data were drawn from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal, stratified multistage probability sample of couples and children in 20 large US cities. The sample consisted of 417 Latina/o children and their parents that were follow

SUBMITTER: Nino MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8162160 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature