Parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescents
Gradients in parental socioeconomic status (SES) are closely linked to important life outcomes in children and adolescents, such as cognitive abilities, school achievement, and mental health. Parental SES may also influence brain development, with several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies rep...
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| author | Linn B. Norbom Jamie Hanson Dennis van der Meer Lia Ferschmann Espen Røysamb Tilmann von Soest Ole A. Andreassen Ingrid Agartz Lars T. Westlye Christian K. Tamnes |
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| description | Gradients in parental socioeconomic status (SES) are closely linked to important life outcomes in children and adolescents, such as cognitive abilities, school achievement, and mental health. Parental SES may also influence brain development, with several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies reporting associations with youth brain morphometry. However, MRI signal intensity metrics have not been assessed, but could offer a microstructural correlate, thereby increasing our understanding of SES influences on neurobiology. We computed a parental SES score from family income, parental education and parental occupation, and assessed relations with cortical microstructure as measured by T1w/T2w ratio (n = 504, age = 3–21 years). We found negative age-stabile relations between parental SES and T1w/T2w ratio, indicating that youths from lower SES families have higher ratio in widespread frontal, temporal, medial parietal and occipital regions, possibly indicating a more developed cortex. Effect sizes were small, but larger than for conventional morphometric properties i.e. cortical surface area and thickness, which were not significantly associated with parental SES. Youths from lower SES families had poorer language related abilities, but microstructural differences did not mediate these relations. T1w/T2w ratio appears to be a sensitive imaging marker for further exploring the association between parental SES and child brain development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b370118b9b2840ada2f18cb93a2e8d822022-12-22T00:57:41ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932022-08-0156101132Parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescentsLinn B. Norbom0Jamie Hanson1Dennis van der Meer2Lia Ferschmann3Espen Røysamb4Tilmann von Soest5Ole A. Andreassen6Ingrid Agartz7Lars T. Westlye8Christian K. Tamnes9PROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway; NORMENT, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway; Correspondence to: P.O. box 1094 Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway.Learning Research and Development Center University of Pittsburgh, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NorwayNORMENT, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NorwayPROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NorwayPROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NorwayPROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NorwayK.G Jebsen Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Oslo, Norway; NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NorwayNORMENT, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway; K.G Jebsen Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Oslo, Norway; Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm Region, Stockholm, Sweden; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NorwayK.G Jebsen Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Oslo, Norway; NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NorwayPROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway; NORMENT, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NorwayGradients in parental socioeconomic status (SES) are closely linked to important life outcomes in children and adolescents, such as cognitive abilities, school achievement, and mental health. Parental SES may also influence brain development, with several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies reporting associations with youth brain morphometry. However, MRI signal intensity metrics have not been assessed, but could offer a microstructural correlate, thereby increasing our understanding of SES influences on neurobiology. We computed a parental SES score from family income, parental education and parental occupation, and assessed relations with cortical microstructure as measured by T1w/T2w ratio (n = 504, age = 3–21 years). We found negative age-stabile relations between parental SES and T1w/T2w ratio, indicating that youths from lower SES families have higher ratio in widespread frontal, temporal, medial parietal and occipital regions, possibly indicating a more developed cortex. Effect sizes were small, but larger than for conventional morphometric properties i.e. cortical surface area and thickness, which were not significantly associated with parental SES. Youths from lower SES families had poorer language related abilities, but microstructural differences did not mediate these relations. T1w/T2w ratio appears to be a sensitive imaging marker for further exploring the association between parental SES and child brain development.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322000755Structural cortical developmentParental socioeconomic statusT1w/T2w-ratioChildhoodAdolescence |
| spellingShingle | Linn B. Norbom Jamie Hanson Dennis van der Meer Lia Ferschmann Espen Røysamb Tilmann von Soest Ole A. Andreassen Ingrid Agartz Lars T. Westlye Christian K. Tamnes Parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescents Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Structural cortical development Parental socioeconomic status T1w/T2w-ratio Childhood Adolescence |
| title | Parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescents |
| title_full | Parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescents |
| title_short | Parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescents |
| title_sort | parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescents |
| topic | Structural cortical development Parental socioeconomic status T1w/T2w-ratio Childhood Adolescence |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322000755 |
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