Association of Wealth With Longevity in US Adults at Midlife.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Wealthy adults tend to live longer than those with less wealth. However, a challenge in this area of research has been the reduction of potential confounding by factors associated with the early environment and heritable traits, which could simultaneously affect socioeconomic circumstances in adulthood and health across the life course.

Objective

To identify the association between net worth at midlife and subsequent all-cause mortality in individuals as well as within siblings and twin pairs.

Design setting and participants

This cohort study conducted a series of analyses using data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, an ongoing national study of health and aging. The sample included adults (unrelated individuals, full siblings, and dizygo

SUBMITTER: Finegood ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8796893 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature