Are housing circumstances associated with faster epigenetic ageing?
Amy Clair, Emma Baker, Meena Kumari · 2023
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Amy Clair, Emma Baker, and Meena Kumari link housing conditions to the speed of biological aging measured in DNA, in a study from twenty twenty-three. Housing shapes health in many ways, but the inner pathways, especially the mental and social ones, are poorly mapped. Genetic aging clocks from a large British household study offered a way to test one pathway.
Private renters aged faster biologically than outright owners. The renting effect outweighed the measured effects of unemployment and of being a former smoker. Past housing trouble mattered too: repeated rent arrears and exposure to pollution each tracked with faster aging. Because such aging can reverse, the authors argue housing policy is a genuine health lever.
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| CREATOR | Amy Clair, Emma Baker, Meena Kumari |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |