Adult impoverishment

Adult impoverishment has been studied in 2 papers since 2023: 2 observational studies in people. The newest paper, Jul 1, 2024: “Epigenetic Aging and Racialized, Economic, and Environmental Injustice: NIMHD Social Epigenomics Program”.

Exposure

2 papers study it2 findingsUpdated

“Adult impoverishment was positively associated with the pooled second-generation clocks among the MESA participants”
Epigenetic Aging and Racialized, Economic, and Environmental Injustice: NIMHD Social Epigenomics ProgramJAMA network open2024doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.21832

None of its findings points the other way.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and 8 more
  • 1 of 2 findings with company ties
  • Humans2

What is Adult impoverishment linked with?

1

Studies link Adult impoverishment with 1 measure, most often epigenetic age (2 studies).

Epigenetic age

upin humans2

2 studies
  1. Adult impoverishment is associated with epigenetic age in humans (Black non-Hispanic: 0.06 SDs (95% CI, 0.01–0.12); Hispanic: 0.07 SDs (95% CI, 0.01–0.14); White non-Hispanic: 0.05 SDs (95% CI, 0.01–0.08)).

    “Adult impoverishment was positively associated with the pooled second-generation clocks among the MESA participants”

    HumansMESA participants; pooled second-generation clocksmonocyten = 975

    Epigenetic Aging and Racialized, Economic, and Environmental Injustice: NIMHD Social Epigenomics Program

    JAMA network open

  2. Adult impoverishment is associated with epigenetic age in humans (0.06 (95% CI 0.01, 0.12)).

    “Adult impoverishment was positively associated with the pooled 2nd generation clocks among the MESA participants (Black non-Hispanic: 0.06, 95% CI 0.01, 0.12”

    HumansMESA participants (Black non-Hispanic)

    Epigenetic aging & embodying injustice: US My Body My Story and Multi-Ethnic Atherosclerosis Study

    medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciencesPreprint

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