Economic recession
Intervention1 paper5 findingsMeSH D057172
C · W · M · H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.
Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.
Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.
No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.
Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper that declares the maker’s interest.
- Humans1
Outcomes
5Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
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1 study
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
downin humans1
Economic recession decreases low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in humans (-5.2 mg/dL (95% CI -9.5 to -0.9)).
Humansin 2016-2018serum8-10 years post-GRn = 3,101
Heart risk factors stayed high years after the 2008 recession · BMJ open · 7 Oct 2026
Body mass index
downin humans1
1 study
Body mass index
downin humans1
Economic recession decreases body mass index in humans (-0.5 kg/m2 (95% CI -0.7 to -0.2)).
Humansin 2016-20188-10 years post-GRn = 3,101
Heart risk factors stayed high years after the 2008 recession · BMJ open · 7 Oct 2026
Fasting blood glucose
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1 study
Fasting blood glucose
upin humans1
Economic recession increases fasting blood glucose in humans (+6.3% (95% CI 4.6 to 8.1)).
Humansin 2016-2018 relative to pre-GR linear ageing trends8-10 years post-GRn = 3,101
Heart risk factors stayed high years after the 2008 recession · BMJ open · 7 Oct 2026
C-reactive protein
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1 study
C-reactive protein
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Economic recession increases C-reactive protein in humans (+45.1% (95% CI 28.3 to 64.2)).
Humansin 2016-2018serum8-10 years post-GRn = 3,101
Heart risk factors stayed high years after the 2008 recession · BMJ open · 7 Oct 2026
Systolic blood pressure
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1 study
Systolic blood pressure
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Economic recession increases systolic blood pressure in humans (+8.6 mm Hg (95% CI 5.9 to 11.4)).
Humansin 2016-2018 relative to pre-GR linear ageing trends8-10 years post-GRn = 3,101
Heart risk factors stayed high years after the 2008 recession · BMJ open · 7 Oct 2026
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1Heart risk factors stayed high years after the 2008 recession
Blood pressure, blood glucose and inflammation markers in 3,101 adults stayed higher than pre-recession trends predicted, with elevations growing…Blood pressure, blood glucose and inflammation markers in 3,101 adults stayed higher than pre-recession trends predicted, with elevations growing larger over eight to ten years.