Racial and Socioeconomic Variation in Genetic Markers of Telomere Length: A Cross-Sectional Study of U.S. Older Adults

Racial and Socioeconomic Variation in Genetic Markers of Telomere Length: A Cross-Sectional Study of U.S. Older Adults

Background: Shorter telomere length (TL) has been associated with stress and adverse socioeconomic conditions, yet U.S. blacks have longer TL than whites. The role of genetic versus environmental factors in explaining TL by race and socioeconomic position (SEP) remains unclear. Methods: We used data...

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Main Authors: Rita Hamad, Shripad Tuljapurkar, David H. Rehkopf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Subjects:
Telomere
Telomere length
Race
Socioeconomic position
Single nucleotide polymorphism
Polygenic risk score
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396416303644

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