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Older men with higher self-rated socioeconomic status have shorter telomeres

Author(s) -

Jean Woo,

Eddie Suen,

Jason Leung,

Nelson L.S. Tang,

S Ebrahim

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afp098

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , confounding , psychosocial , body mass index , gerontology , demography , telomere , cross sectional study , ethnic group , social class , social status , chinese americans , environmental health , population , pathology , psychiatry , dna , social science , sociology , biology , anthropology , political science , law , genetics

previous studies examining the relationship between socioeconomic status and telomere length showed conflicting results, one study finding shorter telomere length in subjects with lower socioeconomic status and one showing no relationship.

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