Fiorito, G;
Polidoro, S;
Dugue, P-A;
Kivimaki, M;
Ponzi, E;
Matullo, G;
Guarrera, S;
... Vineis, P; + view all
(2017)
Social adversity and epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort study on socioeconomic differences in peripheral blood DNA methylation.
Scientific Reports
, 7
, Article 162. 10.1038/s41598-017-16391-5.
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Abstract
Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with earlier onset of age-related chronic conditions and reduced life-expectancy, but the underlying biomolecular mechanisms remain unclear. Evidence of DNA-methylation differences by SES suggests a possible association of SES with epigenetic age acceleration (AA). We investigated the association of SES with AA in more than 5,000 individuals belonging to three independent prospective cohorts from Italy, Australia, and Ireland. Low SES was associated with greater AA (β = 0.99 years; 95% CI 0.39,1.59; p = 0.002; comparing extreme categories). The results were consistent across different SES indicators. The associations were only partially modulated by the unhealthy lifestyle habits of individuals with lower SES. Individuals who experienced life-course SES improvement had intermediate AA compared to extreme SES categories, suggesting reversibility of the effect and supporting the relative importance of the early childhood social environment. Socioeconomic adversity is associated with accelerated epigenetic aging, implicating biomolecular mechanisms that may link SES to age-related diseases and longevity.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Social adversity and epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort study on socioeconomic differences in peripheral blood DNA methylation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-017-16391-5 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16391-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Te images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | DNA methylation, Health policy, BRITISH BIRTH COHORT, WEAR-AND-TEAR, MIDLIFE FINDINGS, CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, ALLOSTATIC LOAD, ADULT HEALTH, DISEASE RISK, METAANALYSIS, POSITION, INFLAMMATION |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10039989 |
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