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Article Open Access July 16, 2024

Poverty Status at Birth Predicts Epigenetic Changes at Age 15

Shervin Assari 1, 2, 3, 4,* and Hossein Zare 5, 6
1
Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, United States
2
Department of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, United States
3
Department of Urban Public Health, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, United States
4
Marginalization-Related Diminished Returns (MDRs) Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
5
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
6
School of Business, University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), College Park, MD, United States
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 4, Issue 1, 2024)
Page(s): 1-14
DOI: 10.31586/jbls.2024.989
Received
May 20, 2024
Revised
June 22, 2024
Accepted
July 15, 2024
Published
July 16, 2024
Keywords
: Epigenetic aging; DNA Methylation; Socioeconomic Status; Race; Ethnicity; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study; PhenoAge; Health Disparities
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Assari, S. , & Zare, H. (2024). Poverty Status at Birth Predicts Epigenetic Changes at Age 15. Current Research in Public Health, 4(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/jbls.2024.989
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Assari, S. ; Zare, H. Poverty Status at Birth Predicts Epigenetic Changes at Age 15. Current Research in Public Health 2024 4(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/jbls.2024.989
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Assari, Shervin, and Hossein Zare. 2024. "Poverty Status at Birth Predicts Epigenetic Changes at Age 15". Current Research in Public Health 4, no. 1: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/jbls.2024.989
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Assari S, Zare H. Poverty Status at Birth Predicts Epigenetic Changes at Age 15. Current Research in Public Health. 2024; 4(1):1-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/jbls.2024.989 
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ABSTRACT = {We used 15 years of follow up of 854 racially and ethnically diverse birth cohort who were followed from birth to age 15. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine the effects of race/ethnicity, maternal education, and family structure on poverty at birth, as well as the effects of poverty at birth on epigenetic changes at age 15. We also explored variations by sex. Results: Our findings indicate that Black and Latino families had lower maternal education and married family structure which in turn predicted poverty at birth. Poverty at birth then was predictive of epigenetic changes 15 years later when the index child was 15. This suggested that poverty at birth partially mediates the effects of race/ethnicity, maternal education, and family structure on epigenetic changes of youth at age 15. There was an effect of poverty status at birth on DNA methylation of male but not female youth at age 15. Thus, poverty at birth may have a more salient effect on long term epigenetic changes of male than female youth. Conclusions: Further studies are needed to understand the mechanisms underlying the observed sex differences in the effects of poverty as a mechanism that connects race/ethnicity, maternal education, and family structure to epigenetic changes later in life.},
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