Associations with early-life socio-economic position in adult DNA methylation
Author(s) -
Nada Borghol,
Matthew Suderman,
Wendy L. McArdle,
Ariane Racine,
Michael Hallett,
Marcus Pembrey,
Clyde Hertzman,
Chris Power,
Moshe Szyf
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyr147
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , dna methylation , young adult , position (finance) , medicine , life course approach , methylation , demography , gerontology , biology , psychology , genetics , developmental psychology , dna , economic growth , gene , sociology , gene expression , finance , economics
Disadvantaged socio-economic position (SEP) in childhood is associated with increased adult mortality and morbidity. We aimed to establish whether childhood SEP was associated with differential methylation of adult DNA.
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