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Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and cardiometabolic risk: a gene × environment study.
Biodemography and social biology - 1 Jan 2000
Robinette Jennifer W, Boardman Jason D, Crimmins Eileen
Abstract excerpt
People living in socially cohesive neighborhoods generally have better health. We extend this research by evaluating the hypothesis that perceived neighborhood cohesion may influence health by attenuating genetic liability for cardiometabolic risk factors. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 6,615; mean age 69.7), we conducted a gene × environment interaction study hypothesizing that perceived...
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