Black Americans may face relatively accelerated biological aging because they tend to experience lower socioeconomic status, more neighborhood deprivation and higher air pollution than White Americans
IMAGE: BLACK AMERICANS MAY FACE RELATIVELY ACCELERATED BIOLOGICAL AGING BECAUSE THEY TEND TO EXPERIENCE LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, MORE NEIGHBORHOOD DEPRIVATION AND HIGHER AIR POLLUTION THAN WHITE AMERICANS. view more
CREDIT: CRAIG ADDERLEY, PEXELS, CC0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/PUBLICDOMAIN/ZERO/1.0/)
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287112
Article Title: Contributions of neighborhood social environment and air pollution exposure to Black-White disparities in epigenetic aging
Author Countries: USA
Funding: This work was supported by National Institute on Aging: R01-AG066152 (CM), R01- AG070885 (RB), P30-AG072979 (CM). Additional support includes Pennsylvania Department of Health (2019NF4100087335; CM), and Penn Institute on Aging (CM). National Institute on Aging: https://www.nia.nih.gov Pennsylvania Department of Health: https://www.health.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx Penn Institute on Aging: https://www.med.upenn.edu/aging/. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
JOURNAL
PLoS ONE
ARTICLE TITLE
Contributions of neighborhood social environment and air pollution exposure to Black-White disparities in epigenetic aging
ARTICLE PUBLICATION DATE
5-Jul-2023
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