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Impact of socioeconomic conditions across the life course on epigenetic age acceleration: evidence from a longitudinal cohort
11 Jul 2025
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BACKGROUND: We investigated whether adulthood socioeconomic status (SES) mediates the association between childhood SES and biological aging in a longitudinal cohort (N = 359). METHODS: SES was measured using composite scores from prospective measures in childhood and at age 50. Peripheral blood DNA methylation (DNAm) was measured at approximately 50 years of age. DNAm age acceleration (AA) was quantified for...
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