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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Biological "Wear & Tear" in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adults
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 09/25/09

Bird CE et al. – Living in a lower SES neighborhood in the United States is associated with significantly greater biological wear and tear as measured by AL, and this relationship is independent of individual SES characteristics. The findings demonstrate that where one lives is independently associated with AL, thereby suggesting that policies that improve NSES may also yield health returns.

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Chloe E Bird, 09/26/09

Our findings provide compelling evidence that living in a neighborhood with lower socioeconomic statu impacts health through dysregulation of multiple biologic systems. Moreover, the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic status and physiologic dysregulation holds even when individuals with overt conditions (including cancer, stroke and heart disease) are excluded from the sample.

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